*sapa*:
How can you be sure it has a soul? she said. You can't , I said, unless you've got one yourself
*sapa*:
When do you get to be a grown-up? she said. When you can read & write & lie without laughing, I said & her eyes got big & she said she didn't know it was that hard
*sapa*:
You have to remember to make it all over again every day, the angel said to me. Otherwise it goes all to hell.
*sapa*:
There are moments when I'm completely at peace, but it's usually before my children wake up & they'll have none of that.
*sapa*:
Everything changed the day she figured out there was exactly enough time for the important things in her life.
*sapa*:
Sometimes the only thing to do is to start looking at everything again until you forget what you're supposed to see & actually see what's there