We lay there and looked up at the night sky and she told me about stars called blue squares and red swirls and I told her I'd never heard of them. Of course not, she said, the really important stuff they never tell you. You have to imagine it on your own.

If you're talking to a child, you're going, 'This is the wonder of science and here's why I'm so fascinated by it.'

I've read a lot of books, so I know bunches of stuff that sounds like it could be true.

Wanting him to come back before anyone notices part of the world has not moved since he left.

The first time her laughter unfurled its wings in the wind, we knew that the world would never be the same

If you're right & I'm not, I'm going to be hell to live with, she said. So, you better think about that next time you want to be right.

You're not going to see people like this again for a long time, he said and I said I always saw people like this & he looked at me for a moment and said, You're not from around here, are you?