I want to be able to see stuff, " Iggy said. "Like I used to, when I was little. And I want to be able to totally kick Jeb's butt.

Because what’s worse than knowing you want something, besides knowing you can never have it?

The funny thing about facing imminent death is that it really snaps everything else into perspective.

I didn't know a van could go up on two wheels like that, for so long." -Nudge

I feel like, like pudding, " Iggy groaned. "Pudding with nerve endings. Pudding in great pain.

Well, that's an evil smile...

Iggy. This is not a democracy, " I said, (...)"It'sa Maxocracy.

Popcorn for breakfast! Why not? It's a grain. It's like, like, grits, but with high self-esteem.

Some people just don't have what it takes to appreciate a cookie.

Where such men love they have no desire and where they desire they cannot love

A heroic, losing battle! I'm tired of brave men who die. There's nothing pretty about losing.

To live, to experience the world, to communicate with a camera, all these are interrelated and cannot be separated from everyday live.

Whatever's lost, it first was won.

Whenever a thing is done for the first time, it releases a little demon.

There's only so often you're going to have an opportunity to contribute at a high level and that you should be grateful whenever one presents itself and not take it lightly.

And so I am become a knight of the Kingdom of Dreams and Shadows

Our character is revealed by how we treat people who cannot help us or hurt us.

The frenzy of the little-girl culture is something very unique, and I can only say that because I was one. The obsession - I can't really explain it. Everything is heightened to the maximum.

...I can't possibly take time off for a second baby, unless I do, in which case that is nobody's business and I'll never regret it for a moment unless it ruins my life.