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“Would you look after me, I found myself wanting to ask and unable to do so, the request tangling back on itself, coming out as would you pass the gravy, would you change the channel, would you look at this. For a long time, it failed to occur to me that I was not, in fact, the only person this could happen to.”
― Our Wives Under the Sea
― Our Wives Under the Sea
“I recalled that rainy day when I'd rescued Chobi-or so I'd arrogantly believed at the time. Actually, I was the one who'd been rescued.”
― She and Her Cat: Stories
― She and Her Cat: Stories
“There was no sense of haunting, to be honest, only ongoingness, until one day he ceased to appear and I really felt fine about that too.”
― Our Wives Under the Sea
― Our Wives Under the Sea
“Even my sorrow about my insignificance feels insignificant.”
― The Darkness Outside Us
― The Darkness Outside Us
“How could he be so foolish? The angry words pricked in my mouth.
But when I tried to speak them, I found I could not. His cheeks were flushed with shame, and the skin beneath his eyes was weary. His trust was a part of him, as much as his hands or his miraculous feet. And despite my hurt, I would not wish to see it gone, to see him as uneasy and fearful as the rest of us, for any price.”
― The Song of Achilles
But when I tried to speak them, I found I could not. His cheeks were flushed with shame, and the skin beneath his eyes was weary. His trust was a part of him, as much as his hands or his miraculous feet. And despite my hurt, I would not wish to see it gone, to see him as uneasy and fearful as the rest of us, for any price.”
― The Song of Achilles
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