"Sister Eileen was much more interested in whether the class had rosaries and clean handkerchiefs in their pockets than in who was going to win the war."
Chap. 1. p. 3

"[Lily] didn't want to look at the neighbors, who were waving at them and the piano and the rusty truck, probably thinking they were crazy."
Chap. 2, p. 10

"Lily received three and a half presents for her birthday that Monday. Two were books, one was a secret, and the last was a half-eaten candy bar."
Chap. 3, p. 12

"Gram's house was built up over the water on stilts, without an attic, or a cellar, or even a bathroom with a real tub."
Chap. 3, p. 13

"[Lily] looked at the winter shutters tight over the windows, and breathed in, trying not to cry over the cat, or her father, or Margaret's being gone."
Chap. 10, p. 66

"[Lily] felt good to let [Albert] know she...