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"Suddenly something flicked loose, rising so that is almost slapped Corny before it fell wetly against her back. 'Oh, God,' Corny said. 'You have wings.'"

"I stared because their faces, so different, so similar, were all devastatingly, inhumanly beautiful. They were faces you never expected to see except perhaps on the airbrushed pages of a fashion magazine."

"'Hey,' Scratch said to me. 'Wanna hop a train?' I looked up at him. I kinda did. ' What sort of train?' 'The ten-twenty. It comes right through here ever night. We can ride it all the way to Safeway.'

"...but today I'm a psychedelic cowboy. T pick up my six-string shooter. Way out of tune, but I don't care. I just want to play."

"' I want to live with Juniper,' I said. The priest blushed more furiously than ever. ' Is there not a Christian home that will take this child?'"

"Jakkin had a few hours before the cold of Dark-After. everything had to be ready for the arrival of the snatchling. He dared leave nothing to chance."

" 'I hope your bacon burns,' Calcifer said, muffled under the pan. 'Who on earth are you?' said Howl. 'Where have I seen you before?' ' I am a total stranger,' Sophie lied firmly."

" 'Huh?' Koro said, 'I didn't say nothing.' ' But I can hear you thinking,' Nanny Flowers said,'and I know when you're funning me, you old paka.'"