She guarded herself like a secret.

— Jodi Lynn Anderson

She hated his need to always win, and he hated her coldness during their arguments. They fought about the exact color of the sky and which path they should take on a hunt. They disagreed passionately about whose fish was the best tasting. Furthermore, they could work up extreme hatred for each other at a moment's notice.

— Jodi Lynn Anderson

She let the jealousy slip out of her fingertips.

— Jodi Lynn Anderson

So many lights you’d think we were living in a constellation

— Jodi Lynn Anderson

So many stars are popping out above us, it seems you could almost dip your fingers up there and come out with a handful of stars.

— Jodi Lynn Anderson

Something about you makes me feel like I can tell you think like that. You’re so still. It’s like, you’ll just hear it.” He smiled wryly. “I can’t even hear what I’m thinking most of the time,” he said, his brow wrinkling. “My brain’s noisy.

— Jodi Lynn Anderson

That is what all creatures great and small are made of. Leftover stardust. An atom exploded, and all the dust became the planets, the stars...and us. That's all anything amounts to.

— Jodi Lynn Anderson

The universe gets more disorderly all the time.

— Jodi Lynn Anderson

Things hurt, and don't hurt, and hurt again.

— Jodi Lynn Anderson

Tiger Lily made an attempt at a smile. After having felt the need to glower at other children for most of her life, smiles never came easily to her face. But this one was half all right." I miss you already," he said. Tiger Lily wanted to say it back. But she held on to the words greedily, too caught in the habit of keeping herself a secret. And Peter-half sadly, half-expectantly-let her go.

— Jodi Lynn Anderson