“ I think we could be friends," he said, falling into step with her. "It's perfect because I wouldn't fall in love with you, like I do with the mermaids. Girls always seem so exotic. But it would be oka… Jodi Lynn Anderson
“ Books are the way to stretch out people's souls, and I won't have children with small souls. Jodi Lynn Anderson
“ I wonder that if you keep growing and changing like you're supposed to, if you always end up embarrassed about how stupid you used to be. Every year I realize how dumb I was the year before. Jodi Lynn Anderson
“ It's the injustice that I hate, more than anything," he'd said to Smee one night, his eyes red and glassy, slurring his words, his head lolling as he tried to focus. He'd vomited, and then promptly pa… Jodi Lynn Anderson
“ He tousled Baby's hair, then looked up at Tiger Lily. "The woods have rules." He put Baby down gingerly in his trough with his bottle. "But the rules are ugly.""It's nature," she said, thoughtfully."I… Jodi Lynn Anderson
“ I'll teach you," Tiger Lily offered with a shrug of her shoulders."Did your mother teach you?" he asked."I don't have a mother," she said. "Like you."For some reason, Peter was glad to hear it. Jodi Lynn Anderson
“ That is what all creatures great and small are made of. Leftover stardust. An atom exploded, and all the dust became the planets, the stars...and us. That's all anything amounts to. Jodi Lynn Anderson
“ Earth," Alexa finally said. "It's not that great anyway." And they all smiled sadly. Because, of course, it was everything. Jodi Lynn Anderson
“ As they grew sloppier and less alert, the twins argued too loudly about whether Tiger Lily was ugly or beautiful, and finally agreed that she was "ugly beautiful".Tiger Lily pretended she hadn't heard… Jodi Lynn Anderson
“ We don't know where Millie went, and we don't know if we'll see her again, but there's no reason not to hope. We don't know the answers, and maybe that's a nice thing. Jodi Lynn Anderson
“ It never occurred to me before, but there could have easily been a world with no buses, no horns honking, no red lights, no shopping carts, no gum stick to the bottom of benches downtown. For that mat… Jodi Lynn Anderson
“ So many stars are popping out above us it seems you could almost dip your fingers up there and come out with a handful of stars. Jodi Lynn Anderson
“ Because I think people must be the same everywhere. Only these people are in my bones. Jodi Lynn Anderson
