“The trick is not to make eye contact. They don't charge if you don't make eye contact.”

“Watching them, she realized they made so much sense together. Every look, every touch, was a reassurance, almost electric, as if they were shocking each other with every contact.”

“If anyone had been paying attention to the signs, they would have realized that air turns white when things are about to change, that paper cuts mean there's more to what's written on the page than meets the eye, and that birds are always out to protect you from things you don't see.”

“Don't be vain. What you look like doesn't matter. It's the deed that matters.”

“And you couldn't make a snowman in your neighborhood because?Because you weren't there.”

“So you stay, you don't tell anyone, is that it?""Sure," Della Lee said easily."That's blackmail.""Add it to my list of sins.""I don't think there's room left on that list," Josey said as she took a dress from its hanger. Then she closed the closet door on Della Lee.”

“Being left makes you doubt your ability to keep people, even friends.”