Dreaming of Water Quotes

“dresses, her hair long and wispy, and she waved her hands around when she described a story, as if casting a spell. Come back, Aunt Maude, Astrid thinks in desperation. I need you. You still have life left in you. Her head throbs—her stomach hurts. She hasn’t eaten since breakfast. But she can’t leave Maude’s side, not yet. “I’m sorry I didn’t visit you before,” Astrid says softly. “It was too hard to come back here.” Aunt Maude never pushed—until recently. She called, wrote letters with her fountain pen—often smudging the words—and sent gifts. She even visited Astrid in California now and then. But she never lamented the fact that her family no longer visited Heron Bay. I should’ve been here for her, Astrid thinks. “Miss Johansen?” a soft voice says behind her. Astrid turns, and Dr. Sawari summons her to the door. Compact and quick on her feet, the doctor sports a shiny black ponytail, her eyes a startling, intense green. She seems too young to take charge of Aunt Maude’s care.”
― A.J. Banner, Dreaming of Water