“Leslie had learned two valuable things about the fae that day. They were powerful and charming -- and they ate children and puppies.”
“One had a lovely face,And two or three had charm,But charm and face were in vainBecause the mountain grassCannot but keep the formWhere the mountain hare has lain.- Memory”
“The images I had were of people being driven mad by living in the city. Images of parents who were so hungry and unfulfilled that they ate their own children.”
“The funny thing about destiny is that you can't predict it, and you can't prevent it.- Leslie”
“The loony legacy of money was that the arithmetic by which things were measured had become more valuable than the things themselves.”
“Mr. Gibbons had the talent that many puppeteers have of speaking to children as though he believed they were intelligent and could understand a thing or two.”