"Looking back, I can now see that Hood is part of a small but interesting body of lesbian novels of loss and bereaveme…"

"It's called mind over matter. If we don't mind, it doesn't matter."

"Are stories true?" "Which ones?" "The mermaid mother and Hansel and Gretel and all them." "Well," says Ma, "not liter…"

"Scared is what you're feeling," says Ma, "but brave is what you're doing."

"I think buddy is man talk for sweetie."

"Ma: You're gonna love it. Jack: What? Ma: The world."

"Soon I must vote for Oscars and BAFTAs, so I've been having marathon screening sessions. Top of my list so far is ROO…"

"When I from life's unrest had earned the grace Of utter ease beside a quiet stream; When all that was had mingled in …"

"For sorrow and joy are one, and all the past And all the future mingle in a kiss."

"They said: "She dwelleth in some place apart, Immortal Truth, within whose eyes Who looks may find the secret of the …"