“I’ll have the cappuccino add the chicken with no broccoli.”

“Wake up powder! Now you are going to fall awake!”

“Coffee got on me but it wasn’t enough to burn my whole entire hand off.”

“Please don’t remind me of the sadness that is still in my heart!”

“Daddy, what’s your fifth favorite color?”

“If no one makes a mistake then their brain can’t grow.”

Daddy brushes her hair.

“Are you trying to make me bald?”

“Wait, wait, wait. That was just the appetizer!”

“You just want me to have fun. It’s not going to work!”

“You have to go quick. This is the speed round!”

How’s it going with your life?

Tillie: Well I’m super duper young so it’s going great so far.

Tillie: Dad, are pirates real?

Dad: Gives long history of pirates real and legendary.

Tillie: Yeah, but are space pirates real?

“This girl is on fire!”

Tillie, helping to determine the appropriate discipline for her behavior:“I am going to ground myself until I’m an old woman.”

Tillie, on fire drills at school:

“We had to go immediately. Like when I say, ‘Give me a cookie right now!’ It’s like that only faster.”

Tillie, recounting wearing a special art dress for International Women’s Day:

“Mrs. White (her art teacher) asked me if I remembered who this was and I said, ‘Frida Kahlo.’ And then I high fived her.”

“Liffie is God. Never heard of her.”

“Let’s pretend I’m invisible.”

“Literally.”

“Daddy...Can I tell you a secret about my art? Everyone thinks it’s just about rainbows. But, actually, it’s about life and stuff.”