"I don't talk much about those days. Never did. I don't know why—I worked on circuses for nearly seven years, and if that isn't fodder for conversation, I don't know what is.

Actually, I do know why: I never trusted myself. I was afraid I would let it slip. I knew how important it was to keep her secret, and keep it I did—for the rest of her life, and then beyond.

In seventy years, I've never told a blessed soul." Prologue, pg. 4

"Catherine is one of only four women in the class of '31 and her cruelty knows no bounds. I've lost track of all the times I've thought Oh God, oh God, she's finally going to let me, only to be hit in the face with Dear God, she wants me to stop NOW?"

Chapter 2, pg. 15

"I'm glad nothing requires my intervention...