"He said, so what's so special about the envelope? Nothing exactly. It's what was in the envelope. Which was? Which was this."
In this book, there are many random replies from famous people Oskar has contacted. For example, the same letter response has been sent to Oskar from Stephen Hawking multiple times, such as is shown on page 242 in the book. "Thank you for your letter. Because of the large volume of mail I receive, I am unable to write personal responses. Nevertheless, know that I read and save every letter, with the hope of one day being able to give each the proper response it deserves. Until that day, Most sincerely, Stephen Hawking."
"There was on for every day, from May 31,1963, to the worst day. Some were addressed "To my unborn child." Some were addressed "To my child." What the? I knew i probably shouldn't have, because they didn't belong to me, but i opened one of them. It was sent on February 6, 1972. "To my child." It was empty. I opened another, from another stack. November 22, 1986. "To my child." Also empty. June 14, 1963. "To my unborn child." Empty. April 2,1979. Empty. I found the day i was born. Empty. What i needed to know was, where did she put all of the letters?
"but what I really wanted to know was why I started writing letters after Dad died." (296)
"I don't think I figured out that he was my grandpa, not even in the deep parts of my brain. I definitely didn't make the connection between the letters in his suitcases and the envelopes in Grandma's dresser, even if I should have." (322)
"He wrote, "Things I wasn't able to tell him. Letters." (322)
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