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So much here to learn abt love

“[Luling] only recalls being loved very, very much.”

“LuLing simply wanted to be essential, as a mother should be.”

“She was the same person and yet she was not. Two versions of herself, Ruth1969 and Ruth1999, one more innocent and the other more perceptive, one needier, the other more self-sufficient, both of them fearful.”

Absolutely wonderful, this book made me cry and laugh many times. I loved Elsa’s child like wonder, but also sophisticated view of nuance in the world.

Some of my favorite quotes:
“They laugh until no one can forget that this is what we leave behind when we go: the laughs.”

“If you hate the one who hates, you could risk becoming like the one you hate.”