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“A long, slow shake of his head. ‘We can’t. Off limits. Absolutely not OK.’ I started to laugh. ‘No … I meant bed for you, on your own.’ ‘S’for the best.’ He blinked at me soulfully and I nodded. ‘That’s what I thought.’ ‘Goodnight.”
― Jane Casey, The Close

“Quietness is an essential part of all awareness. In quiet times and sleepy times, a child can dwell in thoughts of his own, and in songs and stories of his own.”
― Margaret Wise Brown

“When you look at him, you smile.’ I laughed. ‘Well, that’s not so bad.’ ‘Yes, but when he looks at you,’ Ruth said, ‘he looks sad.’ My smile faded. ‘Does he? What does that mean?’ Judy put her hand on my shoulder and squeezed it, her nail varnish pearly in the light of the setting sun. ‘It means you’re going to break his heart.”
― Jane Casey, The Close

“The distance between us narrowed until I could feel his breath on my mouth. The next second, the room exploded with noise and I came back to earth so fast it winded me.”
― Jane Casey, The Close