“ Childhood friends are continuity, uninterrupted connections between selves, and you hold on them. You hold on them and you love them, but sometimes they're not quite comfortable. Lynn Messina
“ But life is not like that. You are not an airline. You can't remove a single olive from every salad served in first class and save one point two million dollars. Lynn Messina
“ Dead parents are gruesome, yes, but anyone who’s anyone in children’s literature has either been orphaned or abandoned; well-adjusted kids from stable two-parent homes don’t go on hero quests. Lynn Messina
