"I mean, when I'm really doing it right, getting myself totally erased, I'm the opposite of nothing - I'm everything. I'm everything but myself. I've evaporated like water vapor into the universe. I am no longer Stargirl. I am tree. Wind. Earth" (p. 4).

"If you start by hating one or two people, you won't be able to stop...A little hatred goes a long, long way. It grows and grows. And it's hungry" (p. 56).

"Tell me I didn't imagine it, Leo. Tell me that even though our bodies were in separate states, our star selves shared an enchanted place" (p. 72).

"I don't know how long I stood there, trying to compose myself. I've never felt so brittle, so defenseless. It was all I could do not to burst out bawling. Until then I hadn't realized what a fragile state I was in" (p. 114).

"I've become pretty good at...