“Evelyn was an insomniac so when they say she died in her sleep, you have to question that.”

“Cam: She is so lovely when she sleeps.Daniel: Is that why you wanted her to sleep for all eternity?”

“The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world.”

“So the question really is, Why doesn't that pain make you say, I won't do it again? When the pain is so bad that you have to say that, but you don't.”

“Her nose wrinkle up cause now she got to remember to say she Mae Mobley Three, when her whole life she can remember, she been telling people she Mae Mobley Two. When you little, you only get asked two questions, what's your name and how old you is, so you better get em right.”

“Music is a proud, temperamental mistress. Give her the time and attention she deserves, and she is yours. Slight her and there will come a day when you call and she will not answer. So I began sleeping less to give her the time she needed.”