"Bullies were only triumphant when they made other people feel smaller than they themselves felt."
- Jessica Haight and Stephanie Robinson
"Winston Breen was solving a puzzle, but then Winston Breen was always solving a puzzle."
- Eric Berlin
"Who hides a ring? Who sets up this whole cockamamie production with puzzle pieces and treasure hunts and who knows what else over a ring?"
"It will take some time to adjust, but I promise you, this will be a real adventure for all of us."
"Winston and his sister walked for a time in silence, each in an invisible, vibrating pocket of excitement."
"The trouble with disagreeable people, Tibbs, is that the majority of them seem to be either one's direct relations or part of one's daily job. Present company excluded, of course. - Inspector Percival..."
- Jessica Lawson
"You want us to love you, is that right? Love, Tabitha Crum, is to be earned, not given away to just anyone like a festering case of fleas. She'd been seven when her mother had made the comparison of l..."