“Childhood is the one story that stands by itself in every soul.”
“My books already threatened to take over my part of the room and keep on going . . . whatever cargoes of words I could lay my hands on I gave safe harbor.”
“What scrunched under our overshoes as we trudged through the stubble of the grainfield was the nasty mix of moistureless snow and windblown dirt that we called “snirt.”
“Nightly awaits that sweet address
Principality of Sleep
Happy Land of Forgetfullness”
“that whole fussy room still carried an atmosphere of having been crocheted into existence rather than carpentered.”
“Provider of moonbeams when I wanted full illumination.”
“If I have learned anything in a lifetime spent overseeing schools, it is that childhood is the one story that stands by itself in every soul.”
“As I mounted the stairs, my lips silently tried out the two words “contrary warrior” together.”
“And depression settled over the kitchen like a wet fog.”
“You don’t knock on the devil’s door, boy, unless you want him to answer. (Ravyn)”
“I’ll not tire until I’ve claimed your heart,” he whispered into my hair. “And that is both a promise and a threat.” I could feel his warm breath against my cheek as he spoke.”
“[Karen Lundegaard] was quite frail, debilitated by metastatic breast cancer, which she had long known she had but for which she had been unable to get adequate treatment because she lacked medical insurance. ("If you mention anything about me," she said, "tell people that.")”
“There wasn't an anhydrous lacrimal gland in the house, writes the author in all seriousness describing a memorial service for a medical school's cadavers.”
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