Her father picks different names for her as they change locales, but he uses Miranda often, presumably because he knows how much it annoys her.

I saw in details while she saw in scope. Not seeing the scope is why I am here and she is not. I took each element spearately and never looked to see that they never did fit together properly

Only the ship is made of books, its sails thousands of overlapping pages, and the sea it floats upon is dark black ink.

I do not see as well without her. I do not hear as well without her. I do not feel as well without her. I would be better off without a hand or a leg than without my sister.

I am tired of trying to hold things together that cannot be held. Trying to control what cannot be controlled. I am tired of denying myself what I want for fear of breaking things I cannot fix. They will break no matter what we do.

...He is sure that the Bailey he is now is closer to the Bailey he is supposed to be than the Bailey he had been before

He forgets that he was someone's dream once, himself.