Edward knew what it was like to say over and over again the names of those you had left behind. He knew what it was like to miss someone. And so he listened. And in his listening, his heart opened wide and then wider still. (page 103)

Reading might not be the way that the child engages with the world, but it should be something that they all learn how to do, and that they get to have for themselves, as opposed to somebody telling them what to do and how to do it.

I thought I was going nowhere. Now I can see there was a pattern.

All of God's creatures have names, every last one of them. Of that I am sure: of that I have no doubt at all.

Did you think that rats do not have hearts? Wrong. All living things have a heart. And the heart of any living thing can be broken.

My favorite food is deep-fried ravioli. I always get that every year.

There ain't no point in making soup unless others eat it. Soup needs another mouth to taste it, another heart to be warmed by it.