Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Quotes

Isn't it so weird how the number of dead people is increasing even though the earth stays the same size, so that one day there isn't going to be room to bury anyone anymore? (1.7)

The more I found, the less I understood. (1.28)

A great game that Dad and I would sometimes play on Sundays was Reconnaissance Expedition. (1.20)

I haven't always been silent, I used to talk and talk and talk and talk, I couldn't keep my mouth shut, the silence overtook me like a cancer. (2.1)

"Sometimes people who seem good end up being not as good as you might have hoped, you know? What if she had stolen our things?" "She wouldn't." "But what if?" "But she wouldn't." […] she was obvi...

A lot of the time I'd get that feeling like I was in the middle of a huge black ocean, or in deep space, but not in the fascinating way. (3.2)

If someone asked me, "Are you Thomas?" I would answer, "Not no," but then I lost "no." (2.1)

[Stan] asked, "Where's Mr. Feeling Sick going?" I told him, "To the drugstore on Eighty-fourth to get some cough drops." Lie #3. (3.12)