However in the world did her skin come green?" Nanny wondered, stupidly, for Melena blanched and Frex reddened, and the baby held her breath as if trying to turn blue to please them all. Nanny had to slap her to make her breath again.

Wrong takes an awful long time to be proven, in my experience.

Always the bridesmaid , never the bride." Always the godfather, never the god".

Galinda didn't often stop to consider whether she believed in what she said or not; the whole point of conversations was flow.

The world unwraps itself to you, again and again as soon as you are ready to see it anew.

Approval is overrated...Approval and disapproval alike satisfy those who deliver it more than those who receive it. I don't care for approval, and I don't mind doing without.

Maybe the definition of home is the place where you are never forgiven. So you may always belong there, bound by guilt. And maybe the cost of belonging is worth it.