Down Among the Sticks and Bones (Wayward Children, #2)

by Seanan McGuire

The moon worries. We may not know how we know that, but we know it all the same: that the moon watches, and the moon worries, and the moon will always love us, no matter what.

Every choice feeds every choice that comes after, whether we want those choices or no.)

The trouble with denying children the freedom to be themselves—with forcing them into an idea of what they should be, not allowing them to choose their own paths—is that all too often, the one drawing the design knows nothing of the desires of their model.