Have you ever felt time slow so much that that it almost appears to stop? Ever listened to a clock when the next tick seems to take forever to follow the last tock?

Each breath, each beat of your heart makes you stronger, braver, better.

Sometimes, when something bad leaves the world, something good enters in its place. I’ve seen it happen before. – Mam.

I can’t be yours forever, Mab,” I told her, the words flying into my mouth as if by magic. “I already belong to someone else. I belong to Alice!

Did you finish the key?” I asked him.

Everybody tells lie sometimes, she replied. Wouldn’t be human if you didn’t. But mostly I tell the truth. – Alice.

But if everything’s already decided, then what’s the point of living? – Tom, pg 437.

Sometimes in this life it is necessary to sacrifice oneself for the good of others. – Mam.

I like to keep my books in my library, he said, ’and I like my library to get bigger rather than smaller.

We depend on neither man nor beast to get us where we need to go. If you rely on your own two good legs, then they won’t let you down.