"Mamma said one day the Tanks were gonna go put on so many airs they'd just up and float away." (Chapter 2, page 9)

"When I was a baby, Mama said old people would look at me and say, 'Oh Lord, this child's got an old spirit. She's been here before.'" (Chapter 2, page 13)

"... Imagine if there was a bridge from every single window in the world to some whole new place. That would be crazy, wouldn't it? It would mean we could all just step out of our worlds into these whole new ones." (Chapter 3, page 17)

"Sean smiled and shook his head. It wasn't a big smile. Just more like a big-brother smile. He's so beautiful—all tall and dark with pretty eyes and a nice big-brother smile. If he wasn't deaf, he'd have a million girlfriends. Hearing girls were always looking at him—but most times...