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“Mornings were tender—first pink, then pearl, then blue. The house was quiet, the twins were awake and smiling. From their upstairs window the sea was a silken cushion. White sails floated-feathers…After a time Carmela's phantoms were stilled. The softness of that June lulled them. The uncle slept peacefully somewhere, and the devil under the bed became too drowsy to stretch out his hand”
2-The Four Seasons
— Dec 18, 2024 05:54AM
2-The Four Seasons
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“He might like to see me. He knows me.’ ‘He’s already forgotten you’, her mother said… He will remember that I picked him up, Nora decided. He will remember the smell of the incense. He will remember the front door and moving into the dark hall. I’ll try to remember him. It’s the best I can do.’
3- The Fenton Child
— Jan 22, 2025 02:45AM
3- The Fenton Child
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“Memory is what ought to prevent you from buying a dog after the first dog dies, but it never does. It should at least keep you from saying yes twice to the same person.”
“The dark, the ghosts, the candle-light, her tears on the scarred bar— they were real… She did not dare to turn again to the mirror, lest she confuse the two and forget which light was real."
1-The Moslem Wife- brutal as always, Mavis x
— Nov 17, 2024 09:51PM
“The dark, the ghosts, the candle-light, her tears on the scarred bar— they were real… She did not dare to turn again to the mirror, lest she confuse the two and forget which light was real."
1-The Moslem Wife- brutal as always, Mavis x
