“For a long time she flew, only when she thought no one else was watching.”
“For a long time he watched her. When she was lost to sight, he was almost a little moved. But that's life, thought death.”
“The only time people turned to watch her go by was when she hurtled past them as she fell.”
“She stood in front of the mirror a long time, and finally decided she either looked like a sap or else she looked very beautiful. One or the other.”
“Mina thought to herself, watching, her momma was the kind of woman she wanted to be, wherever else she got to in her life.”
“She was irritated, briefly, by the thought that she might be becoming more mature. Why should she become a better person when no one else did?”