“I envied Lesley her unshakable optimism. She always looked on the bright side of things. If they Had a bright side.”

“....but talking to a ghost about a demon when you’re in a room full of people who can’t see either of them is not to be recommended.”

“Ready when you are.”

“Kissing, said Lesley, ought really to be taught as a school subject, preferably instead of religious studies, which nobody needed.”

“When you change, everything around you changes. That’s magic!”

“Home is where your books are.”

“Love goes through all times”

“Nick demonstrated twenty-three ways of communicating without words by fanning himself with a napkin. "This one means oops, your fly is open, sir, and if you lower the fan a little and look at someone over the top of it, it means wow, I'd like to marry you. But if you do it the other way around, it means ha ha, we are now at war with Spain.”

“Hearts can't be broken because they're made of marzipan.”

“The others can’t see me,” said the little ghost.“I know,” I said. “My name’s Gwyneth. What’s yours?”“Dr. White to you,” said Dr. White.“I’m Robert,” said the ghost.“That’s a very nice name,” I said.“Thank you,” said Dr. White. “I’ll return the compliment by saying you have very nice veins.”

“Maybe I should think of nothing at all? But that was passion impossible. As soon as I tried to thinking of anything, millions of ideas flooded my brain.”