“This was not the time to say I dont know. The brothers had begging, hungry looks, like dogs waiting to be fed. They wanted an answer. It would be nice if it was the right answer, but if it couldnt ...”

“Don't look back!" "Why not?" "Because I just did! Run faster!”

“Reality so often fails when it comes to small, satisfying details, she thought.”

“Even our fears make us feel important, because we fear we might not be.”

“Silence fell like a hammer made of feathers. It left holes in the shape of the sound of the sea.”

“...You want a special truth. *You* want the truth to be a truth that *you* like. You want it to be a pretty little truth that fits what you already believe!”

“So imagine that the lovely moon is playing just for you - everything makes music if you really want it to.”

“I swear that girl was born with a pen in her hand, the moon in her hair and stars in her soul.”

“We ran as if to meet the moon.”