"He smiled in a way that made me want to kiss him right on the spot. Or the lips. Whichever was closer."

"Razo hopped back up and adopted a posture that said he was completely unruffled, never had been, and in fact was ready to do something manly like lift boulders or swallow live worms."

"You saw my leg?""How can a man help what he sees?" he said. "And, if I could add, you possess a very fine leg."

"Yes, we'll yell, 'Help, help us, goose girl, and bring the terrifying legion of warrior geese'."

"I don't know how you persist in being so stubborn-""It's a superpower. I was bitten by a radioactive mule."

"I do like the world quite a lot."

"What she had long believed was not true, and now the world was wide open to discover what was.It is like all my life I thought the sky was green."

"I keep thinking about a tale my nurse used to read to me about a bird whose wings are pinned to the ground. In the end, when he finally frees himself, he flies so high he becomes a star. My nurse said the story was about how we all have something that keeps us down."

"They finished laughing and caught their breaths, and looked at each other, and Ani thought Geric looked at her too long, as though he forgot he was looking, as though he did not wish to do anything else. She looked back. Her took heart took its time quieting down."

"You're better than seven years of food. You're better than windows. You're even better than the sky."

"You are my butterfly and refuse to set you free."

"He smiled in a way that made me want to kiss him right on the spot. Or the lips. Whichever was closer."

"Razo hopped back up and adopted a posture that said he was completely unruffled, never had been, and in fact was ready to do something manly like lift boulders or swallow live worms."

"You saw my leg?""How can a man help what he sees?" he said. "And, if I could add, you possess a very fine leg."

"Yes, we'll yell, 'Help, help us, goose girl, and bring the terrifying legion of warrior geese'."

"I don't know how you persist in being so stubborn-""It's a superpower. I was bitten by a radioactive mule."

"I do like the world quite a lot."

"What she had long believed was not true, and now the world was wide open to discover what was.It is like all my life I thought the sky was green."

"I keep thinking about a tale my nurse used to read to me about a bird whose wings are pinned to the ground. In the end, when he finally frees himself, he flies so high he becomes a star. My nurse said the story was about how we all have something that keeps us down."

"They finished laughing and caught their breaths, and looked at each other, and Ani thought Geric looked at her too long, as though he forgot he was looking, as though he did not wish to do anything else. She looked back. Her took heart took its time quieting down."

"You're better than seven years of food. You're better than windows. You're even better than the sky."

"He smiled in a way that made me want to kiss him right on the spot. Or the lips. Whichever was closer."