“Sure, they all have iPods, smartphones, whatever. Generally speaking, it’s in our own best interest to keep some kind of electronic device in their hands. Otherwise they might talk to us.”
“It’s not the flying that’s the hard part; it’s the landing.”
“The past has a will of its own. It wants to be heard.”
“why worry about the monster beneath the bed when a very real bogeyman sleeps on top of it?”
“I know you have a past, but personally, I’m vested in our future.”
“I’d clawed my way back to the land of the living. Because of Vero. She needed me.”
“asked Thomas; it’s just him and me and has been for a very long time. We tell each other we are”
“look at him. But I can’t. Too many things are exploding in my head, and the memories are both simpler and more horrible”
“couloir étroit en l’aidant à contourner les obstacles, à savoir les camés en”
“chore. You didn’t like me doing”
“Because what is love if not an exercise in faith.
Because what is love if not perseverance.
Because what is love if not forgiveness.”
“Paperwork, paperwork with a woman who pats my head while shaking her own. I step back, hating pity, having learned from Mother that the pity giver feels better, never the pity receiver.”
“Dreaming of his future, he no longer heard all the things she did not say.”
“How about a kiss, hey?” Etta liked that she was still able to startle him, just a little. The blank look of concentration broke as he barked out a laugh. “I don't know if that's a wise idea. We'd never leave.”
“I could go at any time now.”
“Por qué creemos que vivimos nuestras vidas —dije, al fin—, cuando son nuestras vidas las que nos viven a nosotros?”
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