" I mean, it’s so … daily. And kids are so needy. Like, you have to feed them every week. I couldn’t even remember to water my plants every week.” “Well,” she said, giving me her schoolteacher face, “there is one huge difference between a kid and a plant: Kids make noise when they’re hungry. Trust me when I say you will not forget. "

― Darynda Jones , Seventh Grave and No Body (Charley Davidson, #7)