“Cooper smelled damage a mile away. He knew she'd never run. She'd never tell.”

“Magic is a funny term,' she'd say. 'There is nothing supernatural about the earth. As long as you know what does what.”

“Love should never be a secret and it should never, ever be forgotten.”

“A game like sardines is scary, not so much for the hider but for the seekers. It's scary because you lose your companions and the whole world creeps up quiet and you slowly realize you're going to stumble upon a secret place where everyone will jump out at you. And then, when you are the very last seeker, you start to wonder if you're the only person in the world. If the hiding place somehow sucked up the players and the last one has to decide to run away or get sucked up, too.”

“Do you love her?' she asked him.'Always have,' he said.'Then why in the world would you leave her alone?”

“Here's a secret to love," she said. "Always make sure that the man loves you just a breath more than you love him.""Oh Mimi, I love your Papa more than any woman ever loved any man. And still, he loves me a breath more. It's the only healthy way. If a woman loves too much- if her love is heavier- she won't see anything but him. She'll be blind to the world. Women are made like that. We have to teach ourselves not to become obsessed. True love lies in peace, not torture.”

“I'm a Lost Witch. Are you a Lost Witch too?”