"After ten years at the orphanage, Charlotte wasn't like most girls her age. And who knew if it was growing up like a follow-along puppy in a pack of ruffian boys, or if it was just her own spit and fire. But she never had a doll or a tea party. She couldn't sew a stitch and she didn't know a petticoat from a pea pod."
"It would be easy to stay here and just go about her business. At least she'd know where she'd be sleeping every night. She'd have regular meals. But she wouldn't have the things she loved. What did Vern always say? That the easy way ain't always going to get you anywhere."
