"Sabrina, I know being in the sixth grade isn't easy. There are lots of things that aren't fair, like a bully picking on you. It's a natural human emotion to get angry. So what are you suposed to do? bottle it up? Well, we all know what happens when you shake up a bottle of soda. It explodes allover the place when you open it. I think feelings are the same way. You've got to let them out when you're having them or you're just going to explode later on."-60-61쪽
"You're defending the Everafters? They took my parents away and you are defending them? Sabrina cried. She jumped off the stool.
"Yes, I'm going to defend them and anyone else who people choose to discriminate against."
"How can you do it?" Sabrina screamed, on the verge of tears.
"Because that is what I choose to do," the old woman said.
"Yes, there are bad people among the Everafters but there are bad people among us all. You can't blame them all for the actions of one. I know it is difficult when you don't know who is responsible, but the guil cannot be everyone's."-177쪽
"Can I ask you a question, Mr. Canis?" Daphne asked.
"Of course, little one.:
:What do you think about when you're sitting on top of the car?"
Mr. Canis thought for a moment, then looked up at the moon, now high over the nearby forest.
"I concentrate on all the people I hurt when I was unable to control myself."
"And that helps you stay calm?" Sabrina asked.
"No child, it helps remind me of my guilt," he replied.-185쪽
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