"There was a hand in the darkness, and it held a knife."
Chap. 1, How Nobody Came to the Graveyard, p. 2

"And the figure said, My baby! He is trying to harm my baby!"
Chap. 1, How Nobody Came to the Graveyard, p. 15

"On the way home Scarlet told her mother about the boy called Nobody who lived in the graveyard and had played with her, and that night Scarlett's mother mentioned it to Scarlett's father, who said that he believed that imaginary friends were a common phenomenon at that age, and nothing at all to be concerned about, and that they were fortunate to have a nature reserve so near."
Chap. 2, The New Friend, p. 42

"Scarlett said to Bod, 'You're brave. You are the bravest person I know, and you are my friend. I don't care if you are imaginary.'"
Chap. 2, The New Friend, p. 60

"Bod sat down...