One of them seemed to notice her watching, and he paused for a second, freezing like a buck that realized someone had a scope on him. Their eyes remained locked for a moment longer, but at the sound of the doors opening, she flinched and
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“Behind every crazy woman is a man sitting very quietly, saying, “What? I’m not doing anything.”
― Play Nice
― Play Nice
“The act of mothering is not limited to the bearing of children.”
― The Frozen River
― The Frozen River
“There are two ways of seeing: with the body and with the soul. The body's sight can sometimes forget, but the soul remembers forever.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
“The joy of having sons is that they worship their mothers. Until one day, suddenly, they don’t. I am not like you, he realizes. We are different. Then, that boy—once small and sweet—begins the long, hard process of separation, until at last he rips the seam. But the holes where mother and son were once knit together remain.”
― The Frozen River
― The Frozen River
“We are always in a hurry to be happy...; for when we have suffered a long time, we have great difficulty in believing in good fortune.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
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