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“Fear of this,” I choked, and touched my cheeks. “Fear of breaking. Of weeping. Of grieving. There is a lifetime of grief inside me. It is in my chest and in my belly. It is in my head and in my arms. My legs ache with it. My feet too. It is beneath my skin and in my blood, and I can’t . . . hold . . . anymore.”
― Amy Harmon, A Girl Called Samson

“One thing I believe completely is that the human heart remains the human heart, no matter how our material circumstances change as we move together through time.”
― Geraldine Brooks, Year of Wonders

“In the sphere of marital science, one needs chemistry to kick open the door, but after that, it’s physics that governs the running of it.”
― Zhang Ling, Where Waters Meet

“How little we know, I thought, of the people we live amongst.”
― Geraldine Brooks, Year of Wonders