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“To despise someone is intimate by default.” 227

Still waiting for this to get “boring” and “slow”

“The people who did not make it were ingrained in the city; you walked on stars emblazoned with their names and never realized it.”

“Perhaps you never have time when you are alone. You only acquire it by watching it go by in others.”

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“He started to glaze slightly, the way a lot of clever men do when the discussion is getting altogether too feminine, too fussy, and too preoccupied with bits of lace.” 35

Library copy got returned on Kindle so we’ll be revisiting this one when the large-print hardback is available for pickup (woohoo) stay tuned !

What scraps will our children remember of us
to whom our story is simple
and they themselves the heroes of it?

We’ve entered the addictive portion of this book. That or I must have some percentage of Neanderthal in me which was unearthed by the story. Incredible so far!