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Next time, you’ll tell someone before they move in that you’re going to be raising sharks.”
“Is it life,” he counters, “if there is never death to balance it? Or is its brevity what makes it beautiful?” The words spill out in such a practiced way, she’s sure he’s made the point before.”
― Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
― Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
“Stories matter, Alice. When you live long enough, they're all you have.”
― Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
― Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
“Some people keep their heart tucked so deep, they hardly know it’s there. But you, you have always worn it like a second skin. Open to the world. You feel it all. The love and pain. The joy and hope and sorrow. It will make your life harder, but it will also make it beautiful.”
― Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
― Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
“I miss the last cherries of the season. I miss chocolate melting on my tongue. I miss the way sun used to feel against my skin in spring. I don't miss walls and doors.”
― Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
― Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
“Born restless, her father used to say. Which was fine for a son, but bad for a daughter.”
― Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
― Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
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