Grace (talking about Sam): At the sight of him, my stomach slid down to my feet, a weird combination of relief, nerves, and anticipation all in one, a feeling that never seemed to go away.

If you never saw the stars, candles were enough.

In the night, I've shrunk and everyone else on the island has grown. They're all nine feet tall and men and I'm four feet and a child. Dove, too, is a toy or possibly a dog as I lead her through the throngs of people.

How long?" His smile was amazingly sweet. "The longest." For ever?" Sam's lips smiled, but above his grin, his yellow eyes turned sad, as if he knew it was a lie. "Longer.

Sam looked at me, yellow eyes catching and holding me. "I miss being me. I miss you. All the time.

Panic leads to carelessness, and carelessness creates accidents.

You two are a strange pair. You are a pair, aren't you?" "We're in training.