“All right, you deadly little ghostlings,” I muttered. “Mama says go back to bed! - Cat”
“You know how much I love you , Jacob? As High as the Sky , Mama!That's right, sweet boy”
“Ida, dear, please, do I complain? It is right a child should not love the mama the way the mama loves the child; children are ashamed of the love a mama has for them: that is part of it. But when a boy grows into a man it is right his time should be for other ladies.”
“It is a noble responsibility to not back down when you know that you know that you know that you are right.”
“I want to climb on top and lace my fingers right down into the marrow of your bones and cast off and fly. I want to sail you like a kite in the sky. I want you holding on to me for dear life.”