“Everybody knows that, for such an unforgiving thing, time is uniquely malleable.”

“Everybody trusts a guy in a raincoat. I don't know why. It's just one of those mystery facts.”

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”

“But I believe in love, you know; love is a uniquely portable magic. I don’t think it’s in the stars, but I do believe that blood calls to blood and mind calls to mind and heart to heart.”

“Am I weird?""Yeah. But so what? Everybody's weird.”

“...maybe the world needs a cadre of smartasses to liven things up, who knows?”

“Even at eleven, he had observed that things turned out right a ridiculous amount of the time.”