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Strangely, I never imagined the baby. Only me, a mother.
“The most beautiful boy in every room, the great love of my life—how many loves do you get in a lifetime? I remember wondering that. How many people will look at me like he does, not just like I’m the sun but like I’m the whole god damn universe.”
― Magnolia Parks
― Magnolia Parks
“maybe this is how we’ll always be—stuck together, drifting back to each other if we somehow pull apart. I hope that’s what we’ll be like. I hope we’ll always find our way back.”
― Magnolia Parks
― Magnolia Parks
“How many loves do we get in a lifetime? I really don't know anymore—my heart's racing so fast now and the dam is building—and there are all sorts of love in this world and mine is killing me, I think.”
― Magnolia Parks
― Magnolia Parks
“I can feel his eyes on me, watching me, waiting for me to look up and when I do, it hurts the centre of me like it always does when our eyes catch. A fish back in water. A sore relief.”
― Magnolia Parks
― Magnolia Parks
“I know that some love is beautiful, and some is freeing, some unravels you, some love poisons you, some blinds you, some betters you, and some loves break you in invisible ways that no one else knows about until you have to stand up and the weight of your love crushes your bones.”
― Magnolia Parks
― Magnolia Parks
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