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“Dana nestled into the crook of Fumiko’s neck and whispered, “If we can’t have what is ours, then no one can.”
― The Vanished Birds
― The Vanished Birds
“I feel so frightened of being hurt – not of the suffering, which I know I can handle, but the indignity of suffering, the indignity of being open to it.”
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
“At times I think of human relationships as something soft like sand or water, and by pouring them into particular vessels we give them shape.”
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
“Nook people are those of us who need solitude, but also the sound of someone puttering in the next room.”
― Too Much and Not the Mood: Essays
― Too Much and Not the Mood: Essays
“Take my day, they sang, but give me the night. Feed the hearth and ready the brew, for I am coming home to you.”
― The Vanished Birds
― The Vanished Birds
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