not being wanted Quotes

“There isn’t much demand for brown rats. I’m afraid you aren’t very popular with the public.”

″‘I love you,’ I whispered. I wanted her to say it back. I wanted her to put her painted arms round me and hug me tight. I wanted her to step out of her sickness and tell them I’d never so much as set eyes on my father. I wanted her to tell them that she couldn’t leave me all on my own.”

“John Brown went outside. He drew a line around the house and told the midnight cat to stay away. ‘We don’t need you, cat,’ he said.”