Youngest Child Quotes

“Hannah, as if she understood her place in the cosmos, grew from quiet infant to watchful child: a child fond of nooks and corners, who curled up in closets, behind sofas, under dangling tablecloths, staying out of sight as well as out of mind, to ensure the terrain of the family did not change.”
― Celeste Ng, Everything I Never Told You

“For what is she, but a spare daughter?”
― Imogen Hermes Gowar, The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock

“Thus, Society passed its final judgment: the youngest Duveau girl was "withdrawn" and "unsociable." Wasn't it a pity.”
― Bethany Kohler, Trompe l'Oeil: Beauty and the Beast Retold