If I’d done as she’d asked, maybe the three of us would be up North. I said we needed to get Anna. Instead of me, Mama went back. Now nothing felt right—not the swamp, not Freewater, not freedom. The thought made my body heavy like a lead weight. - P147
That Juna never knew of Billy’s actions satisfied and even pleased him. It made it all the more true that Juna did float through the swamp. - P158
Instead, he started to cry. Tears of fear and despair for all he’d left behind and for the uncertainty that lay ahead. Tears streamed down his face, wetting his shirt and clouding his vision. - P159
But Billy knew it was because of how she’d treated him that first day. Never once had she laughed or frowned or pitied him when he spoke to her. - P160
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