You don't do that. You don't just leave your family. Sticking together... it's the only way to survive.
Leave it to you to find beauty in something others would say ruins a day.
Just head over to the risers, Lady America," she said. "You may sit anywhere you like. So you know, most of the girls have already claimed the front row." She looked sorry for me, as if she were delivering bad news. "Oh, thank you," I said, and went happily to take a seat in the back.
Listen to me, kitten. Win or lose, you’ll always be a princess to me.
I guessed princesses-in-training didn’t wear pants.
Live your life. Be happy as you can be, let go of the things that don't matter, and fight.