We have a full schedule of performances from now until I believe the middle of September with no time for adventures.
-- Mary (Chapter 1 paragraph Page 18)

Importance: Mary points out that they have no time for adventures after they receive a mysterious letter telling them that they would be having a great adventure.

If you think you’re going to lie around wallowing in self-pity another day, in my house? You have another think coming.
-- Grammie (Chapter 3 paragraph Page 127)

Importance: Grammie wasn’t going to let Max feel sorry for himself about not being with his parents on their trip to India.

Geometry’s my favorite part of math. Everything makes sense; everything can be proved everything has a place and a purpose. Unlike the world we live in.
-- Ari (Chapter 7 paragraph Page 240)

Importance: This is a philosophical comment by Ari, the math tutor, who finds more sense in the world of math than in the world in general.

Older people wanted things to stay the...
-- Max (Chapter 8 paragraph Page 256)