Irene
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“No, love is never foolish. Or unnecessary”
― The Story of Arthur Truluv
― The Story of Arthur Truluv
“And she finally told Nola that she was so worried about whether she could love two children, about whether she could make room in her heart for as much love as she felt for Bobby. Wasn't it betraying Bobby, to love another child? And Nola told her what her sister Patricia had said, after having her second. Patricia said she felt like she'd grown a second heart.”
― The Story of Arthur Truluv
― The Story of Arthur Truluv
“Oh. maybe little kids are trouble, sometimes, but only for a good reason: They are tired. They are hungry. They are afraid. He supposes a great many ills of adults might be cured by a nap or a good meal or a bit of timely reassurance. But adults complicate everything. They are by nature complicators. They learned to make things harder than they need to be and they learned to talk way too much.”
― The Story of Arthur Truluv
― The Story of Arthur Truluv
“Sometimes I wonder what the world would sound like if everybody stopped their complaining. It sure would be a quiet place.”
― The Story of Arthur Truluv
― The Story of Arthur Truluv
“Silence, and then, "How old are you?" Maddy asks, and Arthur tells her eighty-five. Then he asks her how old she is.
"Eighteen," she says. "Almost."
Eighteen. The word is a poem.”
― The Story of Arthur Truluv
"Eighteen," she says. "Almost."
Eighteen. The word is a poem.”
― The Story of Arthur Truluv
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