Alice Hoffman

Sally will follow the toad’s example, and will use patience as her weapon and her shield. She will go about her business; she’ll vacuum and change the sheets on the beds, but all the while she’s doing these things she’ll really be waiting for Gillian and Kylie and Antonia to go out for the day.
As soon as she’s finally alone, Sally heads for the backyard. The toad is still there; it’s been waiting right along with Sally. It settles more deeply into the grass when Sally goes to the garage for the hedge clippers, and it’s there when she brings them over, along with the stepladder she uses whenever she

As far as I was concerned the future was a book I could write to suit myself, chapter after chapter of good fortune.

Why don’t you tell me tomorrow when you come to visit me? Tim says before he sets out for home with his dogs. Come early, so our future together can begin

I thought I was invisible, on my own, meant to be an outsider. Green, who had no life. Green, with no future.