“You are the smartest children i know. You just don't beleive it.”

“Something about this made Reynie uneasy. Had he done so badly? Was this meant to test his courage? He did as he was told, closing his eyes and bracing himself as best he could."Why are you flinching?" the pencil woman asked."I don't know. I thought maybe you were going to slap me.""Don't be ridiculous. I could slap you perfectly well with your eyes open. I'm only going to blindfold you.”

“And please don't call me that."I didn't call you 'that', I called you George Washington.”

“Would you ever have thought I might choose a lie for the sake of my own happiness? The Whisperer's version of happiness is an illusion -- it doesn't take away your fears, it only lies about them, makes you temporarily believe you don't have them. And I know it's a lie, but what a powerful one! Maybe I'm not who I always thought myself to be. Maybe I'm the sort of person who will do anything to hear what I want to believe...”

“I've only just arrived, Kate. It may surprise you to learn that you were my top priority.”

“Every great thinker keeps a journal, you know.”

“It's a journal, Reynard. Every great thinker keeps a journal, you know.”