“She wasn't to know there was no room for Soren - or any other boy - in my heart. There was only one boy taking up that place.Luca.”
“…women were brought up to have only one set of manners. A woman was either a lady or she wasn't, and we all know what the latter meant. Not even momentary lapses were allowed; there is no female equivalent of the boys-will-be-boys concept.”
“I never see any difference in boys. I only know two sorts of boys. Mealy boys and beef-faced boys.”
“I wanted to tell her that Luka wasn't like any other boy I'd ever know before. Not because he was a ghost. Because he was Luka.”
“It wasn't okay. I didn't want her to leave. I didn't care if Jesus wanted her or not. She was my mommy. He could take an old mommy. One that didn't have little boys to take care of.”
“But boys will be boys, even the ones who are only girls dressed up: That's one of the rules of the world.”