I love surprises! That's what is great about reading. When you open a book, you never know what you'll find.

To a person who expects every desert to be barren sand dunes, the Sonoran must come as a surprise. Not only are there no dunes, there's no sand. At least not the sort of sand you find at the beach. The ground does have a sandy color to it, or gray, but your feet won't sink in. It's hard, as if it's been tamped. And pebbly. And glinting with -- what else -- mica.

Each night I lie down in a graveyard of memories. Moonlight spins a shroud about me.

I have to tell you I love living in a world without clocks. The shackles are gone. I’m a puppy unleashed in a meadow of time. -- Stargirl

Who are you if you lose your favorite person? Can you lose your favorite person without losing yourself? I reach for Stargirl and she's gone. I'm not me anymore.

She laughed when there was no joke. She danced when there was no music. She had no friends, yet she was the friendliest person in school.

If we are destined to be together again, be happy to know you’ll be getting the real me, not some blubbering half me.