“About time, Brianna said.Hey, sorry, we were kind of busy, Quinn snapped. And I didnt exactly realize I was on a schedule.I dont like what I have to do here, Brianna said. She handed Quinn the note...”

“It's Sanjit. It's a Hindu name. It means 'invincible.'""That's great," Lana said."Invincible. I can't be vinced.""That's not even a word," Lana said."Go ahead: try to vince me," Sanjit said.”

“Its time, Jack said.Breeze? Count the kids, Sam said.Brianna was back in twenty seconds. Eighty-two, boss.About a third, Jack observed. A third of whats left.Wait. Make that eighty-eight, Brianna s...”

“Mr. Albert? Mr. Albert? Harley said.Just Alberts fine, Albert said tersely.Me and Janice are thirsty.Im sorry, but I dont have any water on me. He managed a tight smile and moved on. But now Janice...”

“Briannas looking for Drake, Edilio said, thinking out loud.You sent her out against Drake? Albert demanded.Sent her? Who sends Brianna out to get into a fight? She goes on her own. Anyway, its not ...”

“So asking you to take a moonlit walk with me, that would totally not work?""What?" Again that glare. "Go away. Stop being an idiot. I don't even know you.""You're healing my little brother Bowie.""...”

“I had no fear of the stream's perils, and I listened with the greatest contentment to the quiet slap of water on rocks, the running whisper of the current, and the taps and creaks and croaks that r...”

“Rosencrantz: We might as well be dead. Do you think death could possibly be a boat?Guildenstern: No, no, no... Death is...not. Death isn't. You take my meaning. Death is the ultimate negative. Not-...”

“dear mewhich one ? Ship or Boat ? on a boat -it's keel me and you . little to collect so we meet each other now & then . little to loss ,at time of depart other than most valuable both of us .Ship ...”

“When I say it's you I like, I'm talking about that part of you that knows that life is far more than anything you can ever see or hear or touch. That deep part of you that allows you to stand for t...”

“You know Balbec so well - do you have friends in the area?'I have friends wherever there are companies of trees, wounded but not vanquished, which huddle together with touching obstinacy to implore...”

“Things that matter are not easy. Feelings of happiness are easy. Happiness is not. Flirting is easy. Love is not. Saying youre friends is easy. Being friends is not.”