speak when spoken to

"Evangeline? Oh, ma chérie, ma chérie, is that you?"

Utterly abandoning all decorum, Clara rushed towards her daughter and cupped her face in her hands, kissing her forehead over and over again. “Oh heavens ... heavens, Evangeline, my angel, you’ve grown up so much!”

Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss in life is what dies inside us while we live.

"Dear heavens, does no one in this family ever die?"

“Yes, I ... I’ll admit I assumed everyone from my time would be long dead.”

"So are you Evangeline's granddaughter, then?"

“What do you know about Clara Edwards? She … was Evangeline’s mother.”

“Not much. She was my great-grandmother, and the females in my family seem to have a bad habit of dying young.”

“They also appear to have a habit of ... well, returning to life, it seems.”

"So are you Evangeline's granddaughter, then?"

“What do you know about Clara Edwards? She ... was Evangeline’s mother.”