"Esmeralda has many ways, Sarafina had said, of convincing you that magic is real. You have to remember that it's just tricks. Mirrors and light. Nothing supernatural." Through the Window. P34

"I wondered, as I had many times before, if it was possible that Esmeralda simply used the word magic for all those things that science hadn't yet explained." Through the Window. P34

"Lots of things my mother'd taught me didn't entirely make sense. She explained them in terms of patterns and numbers, but I could imagine someone with less knowledge of mathematics would think them magical." Through the Window. P34

"Sarafina was very determined that my head be full of facts. Information. Reason." In the Witch's Kitchen. P54

"My life before could have been a dream. Or I could be in the dream right now." In the Asylum. P82

"I was in New York City. Magic was...