“Everything will need selling, or moving, or rearranging. But there's no right place for any of it, including the most awkward piece of furniture: me. I'm too empty to sell. I'm too replaceable to stay in Wellsford, and I'm too big for Celeste's apartment.”

“I'm too old to figure out the rights and wrongs of everything.”

“Under a bruised sky, fingers of wind stroke the wheat from bleached gold to tan and back.”

“Top-heavy sunflowers droop, their leaves baked golden by the August sun.”

“Dust the people you love.”

“I’ve never seen an old person cry like this. The sadness from life is supposed to be folded inside an old person, not streaming out. - Iris from Crossing the Tracks”

“I'm too fascinated to hide indoors or stay cooped up in our yard. Curiosity killed the cat, I know, but I try to land on my feet.”