“It was only since my mom had died that I realized how much I relied on Amma, how much I had always relied on her. She was the only thing that had kept me afloat. Without her, I probably would have drowned, like my dad.”
“When Uncle Stan rose in the morning, he somehow managed to wake the entire household. No
one complained, as he was the breadwinner in the family, and in any case he was cheaper and more
reliable than an alarm clock.”
“Good old Masklin, they’d said, stout chap, you look after the old folk and we’ll be back before you know it, just as soon as we’ve found a better place. Every time good old Masklin thought about this, he got indignant with them for going and with himself for staying.”