Dicey's Song Home Quotes

Dicey’s trying to come to terms with the difference between a house and a home. It'll be an adjustment period, but we're betting that soon enough, when she hears the words "our house," she'll be thinking of Gram's ramshackle farmhouse.

Dicey compares emotions to various forms of water a lot, like when she says money worries ate away at Momma like waves nibbling at the shore. This is another classic example, and it shows just how much the emotions of a person can affect their living environment—whether it's her mother's depression or her own anxiety.

But living in a house isn’t the same as belonging in it. Until Gram officially adopts them, Dicey’s still scared she’ll turn them out in the streets for exploring the attic.