It is difficult to see a situation for what it is when you are in the midst of it,” Tsukiko says. “It is too familiar. Too comfortable.

I made a wish on this tree years ago," Marco says. "What did you wish for?" Bailey asks. Marco leans forward and whispers in Bailey's ear. "I wished for her.

I tried to explain as much as I could," Poppet says. "I think I made an analogy about cake." "Well, that must have worked," Widget says. "Who doesn't like a good cake analogy?

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.

A woman I should like to think I know rather well and a woman I had always considered a mystery, are in fact the same person.

It is likely to make us think we are not caged. We cannot feel the bars unless we push against them.

He remembers when he was very small his mother once said she wished happiness and adventure for him. If this does not count as adventure, he is not sure what does.