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“Every year, the memories I have of my father become more faint, unclear, and distant. once they were vivid and true, then they became like photographs, and now they are more like photographs of photographs. But sometimes, at rare moments, a memory of him will return to me with such suddenness and clarity that all the feeling I’ve pushed down for years springs out like a jack-in-the-box.”
― The History of Love
― The History of Love
“As adults, we try to develop the character traits that would have rescued our parents.”
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“Man searches for courage in drink, but it is not courage that he finds, it is fear that he loses. A drunken man may step off a cliff. That does not make him brave, just forgetful.”
― The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto
― The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto
“There comes a time in every mother’s life when it becomes very clear that your child is a much better person than you are, but you’re not allowed to say this because then where would you go from there—admitting such a thing to a nine-year-old?”
― The Slippery Year: A Meditation on Happily Ever After
― The Slippery Year: A Meditation on Happily Ever After
“Our baby gives herself to me completely. There is no hesitation, no reservation, no holding back, no coldness, no craft, no tremor or fear in her love. Although our relationship may encompass tears, frustration, even fury, it is an utterly reliable bond. As it grows, her love is literally unadulterated. Her love is wholly of the child, pure in its essence as children are in their direct passions. Children do not love wisely, but perhaps they love the best of all.”
― The Blue Jay's Dance: A Birth Year
― The Blue Jay's Dance: A Birth Year
Melanie’s 2025 Year in Books
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