Tar Baby Family Quotes

Michael is everything in the world to Margaret Street, but Valerian doesn't think that Michael even likes them (his parents) all that much. As we find out later in the book, this might be connected to the fact that Margaret stick pins in Michael when he was a baby. You know, just maybe that would breed resentment.

Margaret and Valerian aren't your average married couple. Sure, they bicker like your stereotypical old married couple. The main difference, though, is that unlike most married couples, they spend most of their time in a gigantic vacation house that Valerian has built in the Caribbean. Margaret hates living there, though, because all Valerian does is ignore her and there is nobody for her to talk to. In this quote, Margaret not-so-subtly tells Valerian that he's selfish for making her live in the vacation home all year round. We wish we could relate to this distinctly First World Problem.

Margaret and Valerian have this adorable little habit of counting the calories in one another's food. As you can imagine, it's not the most productive way of building a loving, mutually supportive relationship.