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“She thought, if we stay here, soon enough it will be you sitting at the table and me, I don't know, cooking something, and the snow flying, and the old man so glad we're here he'll be off in his study praying about it. And geraniums in the window. Red ones.”
― Lila
― Lila
“There was no way to abandon guilt, no decent way to disown it. All the tangles and knots of bitterness and desperation and fear had to be pitied. No, better, grace had to fall over them.”
― Lila
― Lila
“I can't love you as much as I love you. I can't feel as happy as I am."..."Were you as sad as you were sad? As lonely as you were lonely? I wasn't." "Me neither. I would have died of it.”
― Lila
― Lila
“He said, "I'm glad to see you."
"Why?"
He laughed. "Well, that's what people say sometimes. Besides, I AM glad to see you."
They walked on like that, right past the store. She said, "Why?"
He laughed again. "You ask such interesting questions."
"And you don't answer 'em." He nodded. It felt very good to have him walking beside her. Good like rest and quiet, like something you could live without but you needed anyway. That you had to learn how to miss, and then you'd never stop missing it.”
― Lila
"Why?"
He laughed. "Well, that's what people say sometimes. Besides, I AM glad to see you."
They walked on like that, right past the store. She said, "Why?"
He laughed again. "You ask such interesting questions."
"And you don't answer 'em." He nodded. It felt very good to have him walking beside her. Good like rest and quiet, like something you could live without but you needed anyway. That you had to learn how to miss, and then you'd never stop missing it.”
― Lila
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