Darcie Chan > Quotes

“I understand that it is human nature to avoid people who are a little different from us. But it isn’t easy for any person to exist on the perimeter of relationships, to be tolerated but not welcomed.”
― Darcie Chan, The Mill River Recluse

“patted”
― Darcie Chan, The Mill River Recluse

“THE NEXT”
― Darcie Chan, The Mill River Recluse

“activities at the schools, marriages, and people who had moved in or moved away. She knew the names and ages of most of the townspeople, what they did for a living, whether they were children or had children, when they were ill or doing well. She asked about them, cared about them, and he told her everything he could without violating any of his vows. She remembered it all. It was only natural, he supposed, that Mary became attached to the people in town, even from a third-party perspective. Her close”
― Darcie Chan, The Mill River Recluse