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“Yes. I guess I’ll have to wait a long time.” He sighed. “I’ve always wondered why God left me behind.” Then he gave me a crinkly smile. “Maybe he knew I needed to make friends with the three of you.”
“You should be scared of those living men on the bridge, Muthu,” Arul said. “Not scared of these dead ones.”
“It sounds like a frog with a sore throat.”
“Kids die every day. You start feeling sorry, you’ll drown.”
Our bellies were empty, but I was used to that. Now I also felt empty of hope.
“Dogs are loyal,”
It amazes me that there are so many different words to pray with, and so many people praying, but there is still so much misery and cruelty in the world.
“Religion can be a solace, Viji. If you have faith in a higher power, if you trust that each life has a purpose whether we see it or not, if you could only believe your sister has a soul that’s still alive—”
“Long enough to show me two things, Viji. That he still loves us. But love doesn’t stop him from living and moving forward, because that’s how life moves.”
