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“… It began to resemble what I once imagined church might be like, a church you could bear, where people laughed and enjoyed each other and did not care if they were right all the time or if other people were wrong.“

“I’d forgot how much I enjoy a tale of blazing love.”

Lark never pried but got in around the edges.

“It is not easy to make a friend a little alone lose one.“

Enger seems to anthropomorphize a fair amount.

“A profligate reader and purveyor of impertinent ideas.“

Le sighhhh

I don’t think my eyes could possibly roll harder here. Give me a break with this nonsense. He must have just thrown this in to keep readers interested.

“The wooden houses were jammed together shoulder to shoulder, jostling for space like spectators at a hanging.“

Stepping back into medieval times for a bit

I part the out thrusting branches
and come in beneath
the blessed and the blessing trees.
Though I am silent
there is singing around me.
Though I am dark
there is vision around me.
Though I am heavy
there is flight around me.

Oof. Dang.

You’re headed for heaven,
the sweet old hereafter,
and I’ve got one foot in the door.
But before I can fly up,
I’ve loose ends to tie up,
right here in
the old therebefore.

Ughhhh

“Nothing you can take from me was ever worth keeping.“

“pompous and dictatorial” I’m keeping that one in my back pocket for sure.

Oof.

“Seems like a lot to lay on my doorstep. Fix this mess for us, or else.”

“But how will she ever know that was only a teaspoon of trouble in my river of wrong?“