“The stars don't look bigger, but they do look brighter.”

“Many complain of their looks, few of their brains.”

“There's no point having wishes if you don't at least try to do them”

“You see, the what ifs are as boundless as the stars.”

“Mab: You know, Bill, you should see an optometrist about that rolling-eye problem. Makes you look rude and patronizing.”

“You can even get used to having a hole in your life where someone used to live. A hole where you thought they'd live for always, except that one day they just step sideways, without looking back or saying good-bye, and vanish forever.”

“I got through so much ink in the learning that the inkseller took to knocking at least once a week on the garden door. He had a gray solemn face that looked as if it was chiseled out of stone; he was stooped down like the letter C, as if he were Atlas carrying the weight of the world in his wooden barrel of ink. Maybe he did. I have learned that there is great power in words, no matter how long or short they be.”