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They send ferocious roots beneath the ground. They grow up and they grow down and grab the earth between their hairy toes and bite the sky with violent teeth and never quit their anger.

GodDAMN.
That may be one of the best sentences I've ever read.
It makes me want to dance with claws and moss.

Nenny and I don't look like sisters... not right away. Not the way you can tell with Rachel and Lucy who have the same far popsicle lips like everybody else in their family. But me and Nenny, we are more alike than you would know. Our laughter for example. Not the shy ice cream bells' giggle of Rachel and Lucy's family, but all of a sudden and surprised like a pile of dishes breaking.

I love the texture of her words