What Child Is This? Quotes

“Foster children could pack quickly. Every move Matt had ever made took only minutes, whereas when real people moved, they spent weeks getting ready, filling huge vans and leaving a trail of cardboard cartons across an entire yard. One suitcase, one box, one duffel bag, one bookbag, and Matt would be done.”
― Caroline B. Cooney, What Child Is This?: A Christmas Story

“He felt enormously tired, as if he were an autumn leaf and his season were over. He felt ready to fall from the branch.”
― Caroline B. Cooney, What Child Is This?: A Christmas Story