There's the tree with the branches that everyone sees, and then there's the upside-down root tree, growing the opposite way. So Earth is the branches, growing in opposing but perfect symmetry. The branches don't think much about the roots, and maybe the roots don't think much about the branches, but all the time, they're connected by the trunk, you know?

Chocolate doesn't solve everything, Nana." "It solves a whole heck of a lot, though.

It wasn't even 8:00 yet. Pretty early for such deep thoughts.

He told me that love was the only thing that really mattered in the world.

There's a strange sort of quiet when you're dying. It's as if you're in a glass room, and the walls keep getting thicker and thicker.

You know everything you need to know about a person from the answer to the question, What is your favorite book?

Hi there," squeaked a precocious little voice, "you are speaking to Chloe Fusakawa, and I have just learned how to answer the phone.