"I went back to the Devon School not long ago, and found it looking oddly newer than when I was a student there fifteen years before."
Chap. 1, p. 9

"It was hypnotism. I was beginning to see that Phineas could get away with anything."
Chap. 2, p. 25

"Blitzball was the surprise of the summer. Everybody played it; I believe a form is still popular at Devon."
Chap. 3, p. 39

"It was surprising how well we got along in these weeks. Sometimes I found it hard to remember his treachery, sometimes I discovered myself thoughtlessly slipping back into affection for him again."
Chap. 4, p. 55

"Not in this conversation, not in this room. I wished I had met him in a railroad station, or at some highway intersection. Not here."
Chap. 5, p. 69

"I hit him hard across the face. I didn't know why for an instant; it was almost as though I were...