“I've been thinking lately, maybe we do get new performances of the same day, opportunities to be more accepting and loving. Maybe practice, rehearsal, is also the way to freedom. We can start over. Time can loop back on itself, and here I am again with you, Margaret, trying.”
― Shark Heart
― Shark Heart
“Lewis realized he did not fear death but grief, the ache of being alone and mangled by change.”
― Shark Heart
― Shark Heart
“Wren was disgusted with herself and then devastated. His work could no longer be discovered. She had lost him all over again.”
― Shark Heart
― Shark Heart
“You're like a brother to me."
Lewis felt his fins tingle as a light flickered on in him, his retired boyhood wish for a sibling coming to life.
"You're like a sister to me," Lewis echoed, realizing as he said it that few things had ever felt so true.”
― Shark Heart
Lewis felt his fins tingle as a light flickered on in him, his retired boyhood wish for a sibling coming to life.
"You're like a sister to me," Lewis echoed, realizing as he said it that few things had ever felt so true.”
― Shark Heart
“Maybe love wasn't an unwieldy accessory in times of peril. Maybe it was the key to survival.”
― Shark Heart
― Shark Heart
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