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“I reached over and held Pollux’s wide hand as we slowly drove along. There was a slick of rain on the empty, peaceful streets. ‘Why can’t it always be this way?’ I asked Pollux. He gave me an odd look. I turned aside. The empty street swished beneath the tires. Perhaps I should have been ashamed. Why was it that I felt this was the world I’d always waited for?”
― The Sentence: A Novel
― The Sentence: A Novel
“Ever since I understood this life was to be mine, I have wanted only for it to continue in its precious routine.”
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― The Sentence: A Novel
“Did he like celery?’ ‘Does anybody?”
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― The Sentence: A Novel
“Maybe this was what being in a pandemic brought forth. When everything big is out of control, you start taking charge of small things.”
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― The Sentence: A Novel
“I've been told by a couple of knowledgeable elders that you should not wear red at a funeral, or for a year after someone close to you dies. Red is the fire, the doorway to the spirit world. Who knows how long until they are done walking. When the dead see flashes of red as they pass on their journey, they are confused. They think a door is opening and it distracts them from their task, which is to reach a place where we are nothing to them.”
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Ask David Quammen - October 15, 2012
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Join us on Monday, October 15, 2012 for a special discussion with science writer, David Quammen. David will be discussing his work, including his most ...more
Ellen’s 2025 Year in Books
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