I gotta go to the bathroom," Emby mumbles. "You should have thought of that before you left," says Hayden, putting on his best mother voice. "How many times do we have to tell you? Always use the potty before climbing into a shipping crate.

There's ordinary people out there doing extraordinary things.

The way I see it, the impossible happens all the time; but we're so good at taking it for granted, we forget it was once impossible.

And," added Mikey. "she's my sister." The others looked at him for a moment, and broke out laughing. "Yeah, yeah," Squirrel scoffed, "and the McGill is my cousin." Now Allie burst out laughing, which made Mikey more annoyed. "If the McGill was your cousin," Mikey said, "I can guarantee he'd disown you.

She plays music to heal herself, but nothing can heal her brokenness.

Stupid dreams. Even the good ones are bad, because they remind you how poorly reality measures up.

Their fate rested entirely on me. I could save them by telling the truth. I could destroy them by lying. No one should have that much power.