But not like this: not with the house just an afterimage, and my mom a spirit, and my dad...recycled." "Carter Kane, Chapter 41

All invincible and stuff

You can’t control every contingency. You have to accept that. Let it scare you. Trust that it’ll be okay anyway.

I remembered what she'd told me in New York, about building something permanent, and I thought - just maybe - we were off to a good start.

Leo,” Hazel gasped, “I can’t—my arms—” “Hazel,” he said. “Do you trust me?” “No!” “Me neither,” Leo admitted.

But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword.

Amy, Dan, and Nellie were sitting at a table in a conference room, examining reproductions of Franklin documents-some so rare, the librarians told her, the only copies existed in Paris. "Yeah, here's a rare grocery list," Dan muttered. "Wow.