“I'm going to be a great leader of this generation.The stars in the space up there are my witnesses.”

“Honestly, I'm just so fed up with you. I'm at my wits' end.'Since my mother is always at her wits' end, I'm surprised she had any wits left.”

“Hunger gnawed at her empty stomach again and she said aloud: 'As God is my witness, and God is my witness, the Yankees aren't going to lick me. I'm going to live through this, and when it's over, I'm never going to be hungry again. No, nor any of my folks. If I have to steal or kill - as God is my witness, I'm never going to be hungry again.”

“We are made wholeBy books, as by great spaces and the stars”

“Logan followed my gaze. "I wonder if there'll be stars where I'm going.""If there aren't now, there will be once you show up.”

“A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be.”