You don't pass or fail at being a person, dear.

You get on with your own life. Lettie gave it to you. You just have to grow up and try and be worth it.

All your tomorrows start here.

If he didn't care about you, you couldn't upset him.

I decided that I would do my best in the future not to write books just for money. If you didn't get the money then you didn't have anything. If I did the work I was proud of and I didn't get the money, at least I'd have the work.

And because nobody's done it before, they haven't made up rules to stop anyone doing that again, yet.

You people always hold onto old identities, old faces and masks, long after they've served their purpose. But you've got to learn to throw things away eventually.