“Our discreditable secret is that we don't know anything at all, and our horrid inner secret is that we don't care that we don't.”

“The secret we should never let the gamemasters know is that they don't need any rules.”

“Our new camp is on a windswept rock point. … We don't know what lake we're on, and don't care …”

“Are we all living like this? Two lives, the ideal outer life and the inner imaginative life where we keep our secrets?”

“We hang out, we help one another, we tell one another our worst fears and biggest secrets, and then just like real sisters, we listen and don't judge.”

“Why do grown-ups think it's easier for children to bear secrets than the truth? Don't they know about the horror stories we imagine to explain the secrets?”

“We all choose our own teachers, don't we? I wonder if our choice of teacher shows anything about what our lives will be.”

“I don't care if we have our house, or a cliff ledge, or a cardboard box. Home is wherever we all are, together”

“Sometimes we get sad about things and we don't like to tell other people that we are sad about them. We like to keep it a secret. Or sometimes, we are sad but we really don't know why we are sad, so we say we aren't sad but we really are.”

“We know what we got, and we don't care whether you know it or not.”