“Wait," said Butler. "Just wait, Holly. Artemis has a plan." He squinted through the green dome. "What is your plan, Artemis?"All Artemis could do was smile and shrug.”

“Ignorance, as they say, is usually fatal, but sometimes it can be bliss.”

“Holly clambered after him, struggling up the human-size steps. "Wait! Just wait," she called, overtaking Artemis and looking him in the eye from one step up. "I know you, Artemis. You like to play ...”

“Don't hate me forever, Arty," whispered Holly. "I couldn't bear that.”

“Artemis looked at Holly and felt a tremendous affection for her... he could properly appreciate how fierce and beautiful his best friend was...She is truly magical, thought Artemis. Perhaps her qua...”

“How could you...? How?""Logically you have no right to be angry. I simply followed your l”

“Style has a profound meaning to Black Americans. If we cant drive, we will invent walks and the world will envy the dexterity of our feet. If we cant have ham, we will boil chitterlings; if we are ...”

“That, as my cousin Nord would say, is where my improvised lie falls apart.”

“Style has a profound meaning to Black Americans. If we can’t drive, we will invent walks and the world will envy the dexterity of our feet. If we can’t have ham, we will boil chitterlings; if we ar...”

“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect fo...”

“Of all the bright cruel lies they tell you, the cruelest is the one called love.”

“Don't cry, I'm sorry to have deceived you so much, but that's how life is.”