“Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn't stop to enjoy it.”

“This time it had been magic. And it didn't stop being magic just because you found out how it was done.”

“You said they had found the secret of happiness because they had never heard that love can be a sin.”

“By prolonged and continued fellowship, the sheep who follow nearby enjoy the shepherd's presence and become his familiar companions. To those closest to him, he shares the choicest portions of the food he's gathered. These happy and content sheep are never in danger. Why? Because they are near the shepherd!”

“I didn't respond, because naked people never win arguments.”

“This memory was both happy and sad: happy because it was so pleasant, and sad because it made Penelope think about how much she missed Swanburne--the girls, the teachers, Miss Mortimer. Or perhaps it was her own much younger self, that pint-sized person whom she could never be again, whom she missed. It was hard to say.”