"Now, instead of having Punky watch after me, I was watching after him, trying to protect him from outsiders in a world that was growing up and leaving him behind."
Chap. 2, p. 14

"I scolded myself as I worked on the swan. Why shouldn't Punky have a friend? After all, he wasn't invisible."
Chap. 5, p. 45

"My mixed up emotions [ate] me alive. How could I love Punky and be ashamed of him at the same time?"
Chap. 7, pp. 60-61

"'All families have secrets. I guess some of us just have worse secrets than others.'"
Chap. 8, pp. 73-74

"'The average person sees only what's in front of him. The artist sees things that aren't there.'"
Chap. 10, p. 92

"I though my heart would break as I gathered him in my arms and wept. Punky was all I had left of home, and I clung fiercely to him, for fear...