“The sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal.”

“Life should always be like this. ... Like lingering over a good meal.”

“We were always together. And we were happy. Looking at clouds. Rocking on the swings. Lying in the sun. We loved being busy doing nothing.”

“This is the world. Half of it is lit by the sun and the other half remains in darkness. It is the same with life. There is good and bad and it's our duty to remain in the light, be good.”

“For all that is good,For all that is ours,Thanks to the spirits,Thanks to the Powers! (blessing over a meal)”

“And they both began to laugh over nothing as children will when they are happy together. And they laughed so that in the end they were making as much noise as if they had been two ordinary healthy natural ten-year-old creatures—instead of a hard, little, unloving girl and a sickly boy who believed that he was going to die.”