“I can't get rid of the sadness," Laronne said."Well," David said, "then we'll just keep it company.”

“I don't know if it's better to have people laugh at what you are or just not understand.”

“The bottle is where everything sad or mean or confusing can go. And the blues--it's like that bottle. But in the bottle there's a seed that you let grow. Even in the bottle it can grow big and green. It's full of all those feelings that are in there, but beautiful and growing too.”

“I think of how Grandma makes fun of love. And maybe that’s the key.”

“We live in the same house but we both feel lonely. We and lonely don't belong in the same sentence.”

“I'm not the color of my skin. I'm a story. One with a past and a future unwritten.”

“A woman made of parts is a dangerous thing. You never know when she'll throw away a piece you may need.”