In fact, I was glad to know something not everyone did…

“Mrs. Pelham's face was old but she moved like someone younger, and when she smiled I could see that her teeth were still strong.…

— Lauren Wolk

“Yes, but feeling hurt and being hurt aren't always the same thing" -Miss Maggie”

— Lauren Wolk

“At which I felt hot and cold at the same time. Too big for my skin. Too small." -Crow”

— Lauren Wolk

“I'm just looking at you. Exactly as you are right now. And not because you'll change, though you will of course. Treasure or not.…

— Lauren Wolk

“People don't want much until they have plenty, and then they want more and more" -Osh”

— Lauren Wolk

“I thought about how people seemed always to keep their distance. And how I always made sure to keep mine. The schoolmaster, Mr. Henderson,…

— Lauren Wolk

“Don't you understand, Crow?" he said, his voice so sad, so tender, that I couldn't breathe. "You're the one worth finding.”

— Lauren Wolk

“school wouldn’t help them fight the Germans.”

— Lauren Wolk

“I didn't tell him that I'd put his awful stories in boxes and stacked them on a shelf at the back of my mind.…

— Lauren Wolk

“Don't you understand, Crow? You're the one worth finding" -Osh”

— Lauren Wolk

“But some people let fear set its hook in them, so it's hard to pull out" -Miss Maggie”

— Lauren Wolk

“Wouldn't that be a good thing? Not to feel pain?" -Crow "There's more than one kind of pain...and if you don't feel it, you…

— Lauren Wolk

“Anyone who's ever gone from warm and bright to cold and dark knows how I felt.”

— Lauren Wolk