Erin’s Reviews > West With Giraffes > Status Update

Memories stick to things. Out of nowhere, something finds your nose, ears, or eyes, and you’re on the other side of the country or world in a whole other decade, being kissed by a doe-eyed beauty or punched by a drunken pal. You’ve got no control over it, none at all. P. 105

Problem was, whenever I locked eyes with an animal I felt something more soulful than I ever felt from the humans I knew, and what I saw in that sprawled giraffe’s eye made me ache to the bone.” p.8-9