Whitney Claypool

“It goes on,” Tuck repeated, “to the ocean. But this rowboat now, it’s stuck. If we didn’t move it out ourself, it would stay here forever, trying to get loose, but stuck. That’s what us Tucks are, Winnie. Stuck so’s we can’t move on. We ain’t part of the wheel no more. Dropped off, Winnie. Left behind. And everywhere around us, things is moving and growing and changing. You, for instance. A child now, but someday a woman. And after that, moving on to make room for the new children.”
― Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting

“Sometimes, remembering hurts too much.”
― Jess Rothenberg, The Catastrophic History of You and Me

“You're only responsible for being honest, not for someone else's reaction to your honesty.”
― Kelli Jae Baeli, ISO (In Search Of): The Art of Dating, Relationships & Sex for the Discerning Lesbian

“Still-there's no use trying to figure why things fall the way they do. Things just are, and fussing don't bring changes.”
― Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting