"Don't give in to fear. Be strong, like i know you are. An never give up, d'you unnerstand, never. No matter what happens.I stare at him.I won't, I says. I ain't no quitter, Pa.That's my girl."
- Moira Young
"Ever heard of the rule of three? he shouts as we run.No!If you save somebody's life three times, their life belongs to you. You saved my life today, that makes once. Save it twice more an I'm all yers..."
"Marry me, he says. I got all my own teeth, I wash twice a year an I'll cut you in fer half the business here."
"Wisdom ain't a virtue I ever aspired to."
"I ain't never seen a creature like that before, she says. He's so smart, he's-More, like a person than a bird? I says.Yeah, she says. That's it.Whatever you do, I says, don't tell him that. I'll never..."
"Fer in our dreams we find ourselves. Who we were. Who we are. Who we can become. Sleep. Dream."
"There are some people, she says, not many, who have within them the power to change things. The courage to act in the service of somethin greater than themselves."
"Lugh goes first always first an I follow on behind. An that's fine. That's right. That's how it's meant to be."
"I weep fer the livin. I weep fer the dead. I weep fer the yet to be born."
"This might not mean much to you right now, but fer what it's worth, I'll tell you. Maybe I know better'n most. Life ain't black an white. People ain't neether. Family, friends, lovers. It's all a lot ..."