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And as a few strokes on the nose will make a puppy head shy, so a few rebuffs will make a boy shy all over. But whereas a puppy will cringe away or roll on its back, groveling, a little boy may cover his shyness with nonchalance, with bravado, or with secrecy. And once a boy has suffered rejection, he will find rejection even where it does not exist—or worse, will draw it forth from people simply by expecting it.
— Jul 20, 2026 04:53AM
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(Abra:) «Lately I never felt good enough. I always wanted to explain to him that I was not good.»
(Lee:) «And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good. Is that it?»
— Jul 31, 2026 05:21AM
(Lee:) «And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good. Is that it?»
Marte
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(Lee to Adam:) «Maybe, kneeling down to atoms, they’re becoming atomized in their souls. Maybe a specialist is only a coward, afraid to look out of his little cage. And think what any specialist misses—the whole world over his fence.»
— Jul 29, 2026 09:50AM
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The train delivered quite a crowd for Salinas, returning relatives home for Thanksgiving, their hands entangled in cartons and gift-wrapped paper boxes.
— Jul 29, 2026 09:44AM
Marte
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One thing late or early can disrupt everything around it, and the disturbance runs outward in bands like the waves from a dropped stone in a quiet pool.
— Jul 28, 2026 02:55AM
Marte
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The split second has been growing more and more important to us.
— Jul 28, 2026 02:51AM
Marte
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He drove south from King City over the county road, *through the gathering forces of spring*, and the meadowlarks flew ahead, bubbling melody from the fence wires.
— Jul 21, 2026 03:07AM
Marte
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(Adam to Cal:) «He was a tough old man. And now I know what he meant. I’m the same as my father was. He didn’t allow me to be a person, and I haven’t seen my sons as people. That’s what Samuel meant.»
— Jul 20, 2026 06:07AM
Marte
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«My father made a mold and forced me into it,» Adam said. «I was a bad casting but I couldn’t be remelted. Nobody can be remelted. And so I remained a bad casting.»
— Jul 20, 2026 04:59AM
Marte
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(Lee to Cal:) «Whatever you do, it will be you who do it—not your mother.»
— Jul 20, 2026 04:56AM