“Sometimes you don't know you'll miss a place until you're gone.”
“That's my problem. I just have to do the opposite of what I'm told.”
“It's like she looks at me and only sees what she wants to see. My father looks at me and sees only what he wants me to be.”
“Come here, Cal," she says real gentle, and I come close. Read me something."I open up the book I'm holding, a new one brought this very day. Just chicken scratch, I used to figure, but now I see what's truly there, and I read a little out.That's gift enough," she says, and smiles so big, it makes me smile right back.”