She turns the hoop over and inspects the underside. She has always had a secret liking for this part of the embroidery, the “wrong” side, congested with knots, striations of silk and twists of thread. How much more interesting it is, with
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“Sometimes people live first one life and then another life,”
― French Braid
― French Braid
“We only know what we perceive. Everything we experience is ultimately just our perception of it. “It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.”’ ‘You know Thoreau?’ ‘Of course. If you do.”
― The Midnight Library
― The Midnight Library
“Oh, my. I guess it’s true what they say about how you have to skip a generation to appreciate some of your relatives.”
― French Braid
― French Braid
“You don’t have to understand life. You just have to live it.”
― The Midnight Library
― The Midnight Library
“I am happy here. Why want another universe if this one has dogs?”
― The Midnight Library
― The Midnight Library
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