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“I turned my fork over on my plate wondering why it was always my responsibility to worry over what grown men might be thinking. I had been hearing it all my life. Even back to when I lived with Nene, as a flat-chested eight-year-old, I was constantly reminded to be modest. Not to leave the bathroom without my robe on when an uncle or cousin or friend of the family was at the house, smoking cigarettes and drinking beer.”
― The House of Eve
― The House of Eve
“Granny's speech was different when she had her teeth in. It was like listening to someone try to talk left-handed.”
― Kin
― Kin
“Hearts grow strings because of what you know that's the same, what happened to you that's the same. And when what you want is the same.”
― Kin
― Kin
“To come with me tonight to the meeting is to live. To keep trying to do it by yourself is to die. What's it gonna be?”
― Keeper of Lost Children
― Keeper of Lost Children
“I woke up with the shakes and went to bed with the runs. It all became too much, and a deep sadness had strangled me til I didn't want to live no more. Ten years went by without me drawing a clean breath. I lost my home, my woman, and only worked enough odd jobs to keep my mouth from getting dry. Alcohol had become my master; it was the only thing that mattered,”
― Keeper of Lost Children
― Keeper of Lost Children
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