Quotes from Cathy's Book

“Forget the names because names lie but remember me because when you look at me I remember myself.

Remember me because I will never forget you.”
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“If this were a war year, if this were 1918 or 1944, I wouldn't be the only girl whose dad was never coming home. Think of that: a whole generation of us, daughters and young wives, waiting for a car that will never roll into the driveway. Waiting for a door that will never open again.”
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“She tell many Cathy story, but I still think your daughter good girl." He nodded reassuringly to Mom. "Except for time start car on fire," he admitted. Then... little worry.”
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“I pegged him as the kind of jock that has a thing for smart girls. You see these guys, second-stringers on the football team; they stand around the edges of the Jock Huddle listening to raunchy talk about cheerleaders, but they fall for the smart girl with library eyes.”
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“In that intense stillness, the old man laughed. "You have a good eye," he said. "Someone taught you to see.”
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“Touch with your eyes, Cathy. Handle things with them, so you can tell by looking if they are rough, or slick, or damp and soft, like mushrooms. You have to cry with your hands, and laugh with it, and let it sing, You have to see with your heart. You have to see with your heart.”
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“Cathy, you burn like a candle in the dark." Victor titled up my face with his fingers. "All your life, people are going to see that, even from far away, even in the middle of the night, and they are going to come to you." He touched my damp cheek, still wet with tears. I could feel my skin flushing against his fingers, "They are going to want to add your light to theirs," he said "And every night ends, and then it's morning, and the sun comes up.”
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“Great art is like that. You can think you're a real hard-ass, with no use for artsy-fartsy jazz and then one of the greats hits you like a bullet though the heart. People talk about Tiger Woods, or Michael Jordan but if you really want to see a dude playing above the rim, spend half an hour looking at Picasso's from between the wars. The greats don't just want to score they want to dunk in your face.”
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“Maybe you think a lot about the past, when you haven't got much future in front of you.”
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“Without us, the world is just things, Cathy. It's our seeing that fills them with meaning. To pay attention is a painter's scared duty. That's what real prayer is. real meditation: to hold your attention to the world like a match, until it catches with the fire of meaning.”
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“Emma told me once that baking powder was an act of love, invented by a chemist for his wife, who was allergic to yeast.”
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“– Мистър Бог няма лице.
Обърнах се към нея и повдигнах въпросително вежди: „Как така?“ Ана отново се допря до ухото ми:
– Щото няма нужда да се обръща, за да види всички. Зат’ва! – после се облегна на пейката и, потвърждавайки с кимане своята увереност, скръсти ръце, с което показа, че слага точка по въпроса.
На път за вкъщи я попитах какво бе искала да каже с думите „няма нужда да се обръща“.
– Ами аз си имам „предница“, имам си и „задница“, зат’ва трябва да се обръщам, ако искам да видя какво има отзад. А Мистър Бог не трябва.
– А какво прави той тогава?
– Мистър Бог има само предница, той няма задница.
– О – кимнах на свой ред аз, – разбирам.
Идеята, че Мистър Бог няма задница, ми се стори удивително смешна и с все сила се опитах да потисна смеха си. Не успях и след малко избухнах. Ана бе леко озадачена от моя изблик.
– За к’во се смееш?
– Просто на идеята, че Мистър Бог няма задница. Ана присви за миг очи и прихна. Усмивката озари очите й и тя грейна като бенгалски огън.
– Той си няма и онова, нали? – смехът й се разнесе по улицата, издигайки по нея малки барикади. Всички отявлени и самодоволни християни се спънаха в смеха и се намръщиха.
– Мистър Бог си няма дупе – си пееше Ана по мелодията на един християнски химн. Намръщените физиономии гледаха все по-скандализирано и ужасено.
– Отвратително! – каза Неделният Костюм.
– Малка дивачка! – изскърцаха Неделните Обувки.
– Дяволско изчадие! – отсече Джобният Часовник с полюляваща се от жилетката верижка, но Ана продължаваше, смеейки се заедно с Мистър Бог.
По пътя към къщи тя упражняваше новооткритата си игра. Както се хвърляше с духовното си същество в обятията на Мистър Бог, така се хвърляше с физическото си същество в моите.
„Мистър Бог няма дупе“ не беше шега, Ана не се държеше като непослушно или глупаво дете. Това бе просто изригване на нейния дух. С тези думи тя се спусна към Мистър Бог и той я улови. Ана знаеше, че ще я улови, знаеше, че нищо не я грози. Наистина нямаше друг начин, просто трябваше да се направи. Това бе нейният начин да бъде спасена.
И с мен си играеше така. Заставаше на известно разстояние, затичваше се и се хвърляше в прегръдките ми. Затичването беше целенасочено и активно, миг след като отскочеше, оставаше напълно пасивна и неподвижна. Не полагаше никакво усилие да ми помогне, за да я хвана, никакво усилие за собствената си сигурност. Сигурността за нея не бе нито едно от тези неща, сигурността означаваше да се довериш на другия.”
― Fynn, quote from Mister God, This is Anna

“Charlotte sighed inwardly. She knew her mother was serious when she started referring to shellfish. What did that mean, anyway? What's so great about the world being your oyster? Does that mean it's really hard to open, and when you do, you have something slimy and gross on the inside?”
― Anne Ursu, quote from The Shadow Thieves

“Comfort can be dangerous. Comfort provides a floor but also a ceiling.”
― Trevor Noah, quote from Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

“آن زندگی را که باعث نوشتن می‌شود نمی‌توان روی کاغذ آورد. آن زندگی بی آن‌که خود نویسنده بداند به پیش می‌رود. فارغ از اشتغالات فکری و هیاهو، در گودال‌هایی عمیق و تاریک که خاطرات شبح‌وار به‌خاطر ما در آن‌جا نبرد می‌کنند، یکدیگر را از پا درمی‌آورند و در پایان که چندتاشان باقی می‌مانند در پیش چشم ما ظاهر می‌شوند، اما با همان برخورد بی‌اعتنایی مواجه می‌شوند که پیشخدمت‌ها هنگام آوردن فنجانی قهوه‌ی اضافه.”
― Tobias Wolff, quote from Old School

“Occasionally, especially at celebratory times, the whole gang of us would launch into a spontaneous mental game. For example, my mother used to send me to the back porch (a room containing no furniture but a simply incredible mass of Stuff) to get flour for holiday cakes or pies. I often returned to the kitchen, cringing with disgust, to announce that the flour was full of worms. No matter how sick this made me, I knew it wuoldn't bother my mother. She always just sifted the worms out, saying that even if she missed a few and they got into the food, they would simply be an excellent source of protein. Just as we were all beginning to feel thoroughly downtrodden, my father would save the day. "Everyone come up with a literary reference about worms!" he would shout.”
― Martha N. Beck, quote from Expecting Adam: A True Story of Birth, Rebirth, and Everyday Magic

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