“Dad's listening became loud, you know how that happens when someone is really concentrating and you can feel the white noise of their attention.”
― Julia and the Shark
― Julia and the Shark
“Panic poured into the space where my certainty had been, hot and sharp.”
― Julia and the Shark
― Julia and the Shark
“Does it get easier? Does the sadness go away? The sadness fades, yeah. Eventually. But the missing ... I don't know if that ever does.”
― When You Trap a Tiger
― When You Trap a Tiger
“It's impossible for you to leave me. I'm part of you. You're taking me and my stories to a new planet and hundreds of years into the future. How lucky am I.”
― The Last Cuentista
― The Last Cuentista
“Mess is an unnecessary source of irritation.”
― The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning
― The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning
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