Kenneth Oppel citations

“Honestly," she sighed, "I don't know what kind of life we'll have together, with me always flying off in one direction and you in the other."
I smiled. "It's a good thing the world's round," I said.”

“It's the way you look whenever she mentions her fiance. My cat looks like that before he hacks up a hairball.”

“But chance runs like a river through all our lives, and being prepared for surprise is the best we can do.”

“There is a passion in you that scares me.”

“You two were in a cave together?’ said Miss Simpkins in horror.
‘Yes,’ said Kate, ‘and it was very, very dark.”

“You can't eat [literature], that's the problem," he said. "I've tried, it's very dry, and not at all nutritious.”

“Why do you need to fly so much?” she asked.
“If I don’t, it’ll catch up with me.” The words just came out.
“What will?”
I took my hands from my face, panting. I stared out at the storm.
“Unhappiness.”

“I poo poo the chit.'
The attendant looked stunned. 'You cannot poo-poo the chit!'
I do.' Kate said solemnly. 'I do poo-poo.'
We'll walk.”

“The preface? Why would he waste time with the preface? Skip the preface and move on to the meat of the thing!”