“She was always waiting, it seemed to be her forte.”

“Her forte was not necessarily the audibility of her music, for she had a defective area where her voice cracked at a high-pitch, with a limited one-octave range, but she turned it into her virtue for she knew how to mould her voice.”

“They also said she was unconscious and that Valentine wasn’t happy about it. He seems to be waiting for her to wake up.”
“I’d stay unconscious if I were her,” Isabelle muttered.”

“She waits until her brokenness can break her.”

“Her singing always cheered him up. Life seemed so much brighter when she stopped.”

“There she was, patiently waiting, alone, formidable in her gentleness.”

“She had waited all her life for something, and it had killed her when it found her.”

“Better not to invent her in her absence. Better to wait until she's actually here. Then he can make her up as she goes along.”

“As Lacy waited for her turn to speak on Peter's behalf, she thought back to the first time she realized she could hate her own child.”

“She waits for me at night, she waits for me in silence.
She gives me all her tenderness and takes away my pain.
And so far she hasn't run, though I swear she's had her moments.
She still believes in miracles while others cry in vain.”