“But not like this: not withthe house just an afterimage, and my mom a spirit, and my dad...recycled.""Carter Kane, Chapter 41”
“My name is Carter Kane. I'm fourteen and my home is a suitcase.”
“If I were a flowerpot, I would've checked my hair.~Carter Kane”
“your love, your facial expression, your spirit and your words to the wise is my fervency: special for my mom and dad”
“My mom and dad died, but in their place I got a house of fog that’s easy to hide my feelings in. (No smoking, please.) ”
“"Someday I'm going to marry someone like my mom and I'll be smiling all the time the way my Mom and Dad are.”