“Silly. Dark isnt scary. Dark is safe.Why? I live in the dark all the time. But when its dark outside everyone has to be there, too. And if you cant see someone, they cant see you, either. She sniff...”

“This is the tragedy of knowing my fate: I have seen how it ends, and I will walk right into it, and nothing will change.”

“Crazy must run in your family, he says.You do know Fia! I blurt, then bite my lip.”

“nights and days came and passedand summer and winterand the sun and the windand the rain.and it was good to be a little islanda part of the worldand a world of its ownall surrounded by the bright b...”

“When you drop a glass or a plate to the ground it makes a loud crashing sound. When a window shatters a table leg breaks or when a picture falls off the wall it makes a noise. But as for your heart...”

“A good friend of mine once said, "I have never met a bigot who was a reader as a child.”