“Magnificently unprepared For the long littleness of life”

“The spirits of children are remote and wise...”

“There is only one argument for doing something; the rest are arguments for doing nothing”

“A little baby girl trying to soothe her girl of a mother”

“In Mosca’s experience, a ‘long story’ was always a short story someone did not want to tell.”

“Little god, you see the world through such black eyes." "Got no choice. My father give ’em to me.”

“He has been dying for a very, very, very long time, and his span came to an end as all eras must.”