“And that’s when I realize that, at the end, we’d all wish for the same thing. Just a little more time.”

“Time heals all wounds. But not this one. Not yet.”

“We determine whether a book is for boys or girls long before the reader gets a chance to decide: we package them with soldiers and ballet slippers on their covers, war machines and glitterin...”

“Forever and ever, kid, until you're sick and tired of seeing me.”