“Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons.”

“...trying to be a good mother may be as distant from being a good mother as trying to have a good time is from truly having one.”

“I have to say, it felt good to be wanted, son. Felt real good.”

“There's no Coastguard in France. They let the French Navy do it. They have to give them something to do. It's not good for national pride to have to disband it so they turned it into a Coastguard. I think it does a few other bits and bobs too.”

“Who is Alice?" asked mother."Alice is somebody that nobody can see," said Frances. "And that is why she does not have a birthday. So I am singing Happy Thursday to her." - Frances the badger”

“Good night, Owe,” she whispered.“Good night, Red. Sleep tight. Don’t let the bedbugs bite.”“You would have to mention bugs,” she muttered.Owen laughed.”