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“He took the baby in her white hospital blankets and looked at her, holding her fearfully out in front of his face like a piece of rigid but delicate kitchen crockery.
My goodness, he said after a minute. The baby's eyes looked up at him without blinking. Well, my my. My lord almighty.”
― Plainsong
My goodness, he said after a minute. The baby's eyes looked up at him without blinking. Well, my my. My lord almighty.”
― Plainsong
“Beyond that, memories have a way of changing on us. Souring or sweetening over time—like a brew we drink, then recreate later by taste, only getting the ingredients mostly right. You can’t taste a memory without tainting it with who you have become.”
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
“I got up every day thinking the sun was out there shining, and it could just as well shine on me as any other human person.”
― Demon Copperhead
― Demon Copperhead
“I wanted, I wanted, I wanted something–Jesus or God or orange-blossom scent or dark chocolate terror in my throat.”
― Bastard Out of Carolina
― Bastard Out of Carolina
“It might seem that the person who can feel for others is doomed in life. Isn’t one person’s pain enough? Why must a person like Tress feel for two, or more? Yet I’ve found that the people who are the happiest are the ones who learn best how to feel. It takes practice, you know. Effort. And those who (late in life) have been feeling for two, three, or a thousand different people…well, turns out they’ve had a leg up on everyone else all along. Empathy is an emotional loss leader. It pays for itself eventually.”
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
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