“Dont worry, Miss Brielle. To be honest, the ones with a little bit of crazy have always been my favorite.”

“Zane sighed. Jovan and Mother were just the same. Maybe later meant no.”

“Zane was pretty sure that worries and bossing were related, like a pair of old aunties.”

“Oh. Sure. It makes perfect sense. Zane is a wolf because his father is an eagle.”

“They say that to live in the Wilds, you have to be half-wild yourself. Or at least very brave. And Zane is both.”

“Do you mean that Zane is some kind of bird magnet?”

“To die will be an awfully big adventure.”

“Go outside. Dont tell anyone and dont bring your phone. Start walking and keep walking until you no longer know the road like the palm of your hand, because we walk the same roads day in and day ou...”

“To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.”

“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.”