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“And the boys were behind me, a tide-wall of laughter and yelling, hugging my legs, tripping and grabbing, leaping, spinning, stumbling, roaring, shrieking and the boys shouted I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU and their voice was the life and song of their mother. Unfinished. Beautiful. Everything.”
― Grief Is the Thing with Feathers
― Grief Is the Thing with Feathers
“At the bottom of every frozen heart there is a drop or two of love―just enough to feed the birds.”
― Tropic of Cancer
― Tropic of Cancer
“One single syllable of intimacy and the world is put to rights.”
― The Absolutist
― The Absolutist
“I shall be richer all my life for this sorrow”
― All the Little Live Things
― All the Little Live Things
“Our last impression of her as she turned the corner was that smile, flung backward like a handful of flowers.”
― Crossing to Safety
― Crossing to Safety
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Shelly’s 2025 Year in Books
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