"You know,"Gabriel said, "there was a time I thought we could be friends, Will.""There was a time I thought I was a ferret,"Will said, "but that turned out to be the opium haze. Did you know it had that effect? Because I didn't."
"Bloodthirsty little beasts. Never trust a duck."
"Will looked horrified. "What kind of monster could possibly hate chocolate?"
"There's plenty of sense in nonsense sometimes, if you wish to look for it."
"Will suspected Jem was in fact cleverer than he was himself - but he lacked Will's tendency to assume the absolute worst about people and proceed from there."
"It's all right to love someone who doesn't love you back, as long as they're worth you loving them. As long as they deserve it."