- "Lily," she said, "do you remember when we used to pretend we were queens? We'd run around the yard with skirts over our heads and call ourselves Elizabeth and Isabella. And we'd have tea parties on the porch and serve invisible cake and pretend it was the most delicious thing we'd ever tasted. We were always so happy then."
- "I remember when I was little, my momma used to say that the stars are holes in the sky that let the light from heaven shine through. She said that each star is a person who has died and gone to heaven. And that when you see a shooting star, it's because someone is being born on earth. I used to believe that."