Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections, as there is room in heaven for all the stars.

~ Victor Hugo

There were two things about Mama. One is she always expected the best out of me. And the other is that then no matter what I did, whatever I came home with, she acted like it was the moon I had just hung up in the sky and plugged in all the stars. Like I was that good.

~ Barbara Kingsolver, The Bean Trees