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“The true mystery of Okawa school was the one we all face. No mind can encompass it; consciousness recoils in panic. The idea of conspiracy is what we supply to make sense of what will never be sensible— the fiery fact of death. Extinction of life: extinction of a perfect, a beloved child: for eternity. Impossible! the soul cries out. What are they hiding?”
― Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zone
― Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zone
“Making a dessert is nothing less than crafting a smile.”
― Baking Across America: A Vintage Recipe Road Trip
― Baking Across America: A Vintage Recipe Road Trip
“The Hubble telescope swoops the other way. Halley’s Comet shoots back behind the trees as the Humvees roll, again, into Iraq.”
― Time Is a Mother
― Time Is a Mother
“And they, too, passed on, so that Nesvítski did not learn who had been struck on the teeth, or what the ham had to do with it.”
― War and Peace
― War and Peace
“i never
expected
death
to be my most
faithful companion,
but she is
the only one
who will come
without
having to be
asked.
- the only one who will never leave”
― The Princess Saves Herself in This One
expected
death
to be my most
faithful companion,
but she is
the only one
who will come
without
having to be
asked.
- the only one who will never leave”
― The Princess Saves Herself in This One
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