“Sometimes I think people take reality for granted.”

“I am real. Thishe put his other hand over the first-is real. You see me interacting with other people all day long, dont you? I talk to people; I affect things in the world. I cause things to happe...”

“If nothings real, then what does it matter? he said. You live here. Doesnt that make it real enough?”

“Intelligence is not measured by how much you know, but by how much you have the capacity to learn.”

“Did you meet your soul mate? That always happens on the first day of school, right?''Oh God, Charlie, she's letting you read again! You went straight to the paranormal section, didn't you?”

“I was the big sister. I was supposed to set and example and lead the way so people would say, 'Hey, you're Alex's sister, aren't you? You two look exactly alike!' instead of 'Hey, you're Alex's sis...”

“Sometimes I think people take reality for granted.”

“Did you meet your soul mate? That always happens on the first day of school, right?''Oh God, Charlie, she's letting you read again! You went straight to the paranormal section, didn't you?”

“I was the big sister. I was supposed to set and example and lead the way so people would say, 'Hey, you're Alex's sister, aren't you? You two look exactly alike!' instead of 'Hey, you're Alex's sis...”

“How little our careers express what lies in us, and yet how much time they take up. It's sad, really.”

“Tell the truth through whichever veil comes to hand but tell it. Resign yourself to the lifelong sadness that comes from never being satisfied.”

“What a sad story, I thought for so long. Not that I now think it was happy. But I think it is true, and thus the question of whether it is sad or happy has no meaning whatever.”