Is this what family is like: the feeling that everyone’s connected, that with one piece missing, the whole thing’s broken?

It just supports my personal opinion that he's a wacko

You are the smartest children i know. You just don't beleive it.

Was it worse for him, Reynie wondered, to have felt loved and then rejected? Or was it worse to have always felt alone?

Good grief! They're going to call us inside soon, and Sticky hasn't even met Madge yet!" "Who's Madge?" Sticky asked. "Her Majesty the Queen!

Is this what family is like: the feeling that everyone’s connected, that with one piece missing, the whole thing’s broken?

May your adventures bring you closer together, even as they take you far away from home.