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“And, son, you must remember that every man is plural inside. Your uncle is more than his worst attributes. He was once a thoughtful young man like yourself. That part still resides in him."

‘"Depends on who you're dancing for. A girl could dance for big-bellied men. She could dance for the audience in her head, the one she imagines is judging her. Better, she could dance for herself. Or she could dance for all the women who came before her." Here, the Tamah's tone lightened with possibility. "What if she danced for the ones to come?"’

“Somehow it had become night, and a fire had been lit. You know how a fire can make your world feel intimate, how there's nothing beyond the realm of its curtailed light, how inside this glow is everyone you cared about, their faces warm and alive, their gazes collected inward, focused on each other, so that a powerful sense of togetherness is achieved? I nodded.”

“He applied a jellyfish to an adversary that first time simply to say he'd personally exerted himself in this matter. Thus a symbol came to speak louder than a word, and 'Aho learned that even more powerful than a name said in fear was a name people were afraid to say.”

“His sad eyes looked into mine. What he lamented was my coming of age in a lessened world.”