“His dad had told him many times that the definition of a real man is one who cries without shame, reads poetry with his heart, feels opera in his soul, and does what’s necessary to defend a woman. Scupper”
― Where the Crawdads Sing
― Where the Crawdads Sing
“That’s what sisters and girlfriends are all about. Sticking together even in the mud, ’specially in mud.”
― Where the Crawdads Sing
― Where the Crawdads Sing
“Not waiting for the sounds of someone was a release. And a strength.”
― Where the Crawdads Sing
― Where the Crawdads Sing
“Kya never had her troop of close friends, nor the connections Jodie described, for she never had her own family. She knew the years of isolation had altered her behavior until she was different from others, but it wasn’t her fault she’d been alone. Most of what she knew, she’d learned from the wild. Nature had nurtured, tutored, and protected her when no one else would. If consequences resulted from her behaving differently, then they too were functions of life’s fundamental core.”
― Where the Crawdads Sing
― Where the Crawdads Sing
“Speaking out loud, she recited an Amanda Hamilton poem: “I must let go now. Let you go. Love is too often The answer for staying. Too seldom the reason For going. I drop the line And watch you drift away. “All along You thought The fiery current Of your lover’s breast Pulled you to the deep. But it was my heart-tide Releasing you To float adrift With seaweed.”
― Where the Crawdads Sing
― Where the Crawdads Sing
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