“Welcome to adulthood." Cob said. "Every child finds a day when they realize that adults can be weak and wrong just like everyone else. After that day, you are an adult. Like it or not.”

“I don't pretend to see the path, but I know it's there all the same. One day, we'll look back and wonder how we ever missed it.”

“We are what we choose to be, girl,' she said. 'Let others determine your worth, and you've already lost, because no one wants people worth more than themselves.”

“You are my daughter. I would love you if you put out the sun.”

“Sometimes I get so caught up in my own drama, I forget I'm not the only one in the play.”

“Rojer nodded, but his eye grew wet. Leesha squeezed his hand. "Herb Gatherers see death often," she told him. "No one, no one, ever goes to the Creator with all their business complete. We all get a different length of time, but it needs to be enough, regardless.”

“People make the world go, and Mothers make people, so they lead the dance.”