At seven, I didn't insist on my version of the world.

“C'mon. I'll show you.""Thou speakest strange!" Pearl said."So do thou!" I said.…”

“Choosing between day and night. Edgar and Heathcliff.”

“For a bookworm like Mother, a Brontë novel sister was better than a biological …”

“In fiction, beauty was run-of-the-mill.”