The Moonlight Child Quotes

“Old people were so dumb about social media, but this time it was to his advantage.”
― Karen McQuestion, The Moonlight Child

“She mentally went over her mantra: You can’t control other people, only yourself.”
― Karen McQuestion, The Moonlight Child

“Your wish is my command, little one.”
― Karen McQuestion, The Moonlight Child

“If Amy had gone with her to Magnificent Nutrition that morning, she would have confronted Dawn right from the start, whereas Sharon didn’t say anything until Dawn had insulted and threatened Niki. Two different ways to be strong.”
― Karen McQuestion, The Moonlight Child

“Life as an honest person could be difficult, but life as a criminal always caught up to you. She knew friends and family members who resorted to stealing or writing bad checks to get money for drugs. No matter how careful they were, the story always had the same ending. It was very much, she thought, like circling a drain. You were going down at some point. You just didn’t know when.”
― Karen McQuestion, The Moonlight Child

“the age she’d been when she’d had an argument with her mother and stormed out of the house with a backpack full of her belongings. Her parting words to her mother had been, “I am so done with you. You can just go to hell!”
― Karen McQuestion, The Moonlight Child

“Mother’s intuition was the one thing she had going for her, and she’d ignored it.”
― Karen McQuestion, The Moonlight Child

“willowy redhead”
― Karen McQuestion, The Moonlight Child

“She had a gift for crying, was a natural, in fact.”
― Karen McQuestion, The Moonlight Child

“She’s cycled through more friends than most people ever have in a lifetime. Everyone loves her at first, and some of them still love her after she’s dropped them. They can never figure out what they did wrong. My mom can take offense at anything. Someone just looks at her the wrong way or doesn’t laugh at her jokes the way she wants them to, and she’s so done with them.”
― Karen McQuestion, The Moonlight Child

“Life as an honest person could be difficult, but life as a criminal always caught up to you.”
― Karen McQuestion, The Moonlight Child

“Honestly, though, none of her activities were critical. All of it was unimportant compared to helping a young person find her way in the world.”
― Karen McQuestion, The Moonlight Child

“High school was a very specific type of hell.”
― Karen McQuestion, The Moonlight Child

“Morgan had shot back, “With tips, I make three times as much as working in retail. You said that if I wasn’t going to college, I needed to make enough money to support myself. Then when I go and do it, all you do is find fault.” Morgan had a way of turning Wendy’s words against her, something that made Wendy crazy. By nature, she was a peacemaker, but Morgan was determined to be contentious.”
― Karen McQuestion, The Moonlight Child

“Looks like your mother will be starting one of her new careers soon.” She hadn’t done anything like that in a long time, but years before she’d gone through different phases, deciding on new life paths and setting lofty goals for herself. His mother was full of good ideas, but none of them stuck.”
― Karen McQuestion, The Moonlight Child

“Yes, people make mistakes, but what are the chances you saw smoke coming out of their house right after you reported the family to CPS?”
― Karen McQuestion, The Moonlight Child

“Did they have Hostess CupCakes?” Ever since Jacob’s dad had once given her a Hostess CupCake, she was kind of obsessed with them.”
― Karen McQuestion, The Moonlight Child

“The white bag meant she’d be in a much better mood very soon. Before long, Ma’am would be lounging in her bathrobe, watching Netflix in bed, and then she’d forget all about Mia. Sometimes she even forgot to tuck Mia in for the night, and the door would be unlocked for the entire night.”
― Karen McQuestion, The Moonlight Child

“Sometimes Ma’am had all kinds of energy and wanted Mia to help her clean closets or wipe down all the baseboards; other times she stayed in bed and wanted Mia to bring her meals up to her room.”
― Karen McQuestion, The Moonlight Child

“She wasn’t part of the family, really, but she belonged to them.”
― Karen McQuestion, The Moonlight Child

“If you weren’t always screwing up, I wouldn’t have to be so hard on you.”
― Karen McQuestion, The Moonlight Child

“response.”
― Karen McQuestion, The Moonlight Child

“to do. You’re going to get on the phone and give”
― Karen McQuestion, The Moonlight Child

“How did people come to have a refrigerator on the front porch or a car on cinder blocks in the driveway? People lived such different lives.”
― Karen McQuestion, The Moonlight Child

“Amy had told her that her mom was kind and easygoing, but Niki had learned that people had layers, and sometimes what lurked underneath the prettiness could be ugly and cruel.”
― Karen McQuestion, The Moonlight Child

“Sweet freedom was doing what she wanted, when she wanted, and not having to account to anyone.”
― Karen McQuestion, The Moonlight Child

“How would they locate a child they knew nothing about?”
― Karen McQuestion, The Moonlight Child

“His mom prided herself on being so clever, when in fact she was a total idiot.”
― Karen McQuestion, The Moonlight Child

“They could find out all kinds of things online—what the weather was going to be like, what time the football game would be on, how long to bake chicken.”
― Karen McQuestion, The Moonlight Child

“Then he poured the can of Coke into two glasses, giving Mia the glass with the lesser amount.”
― Karen McQuestion, The Moonlight Child