“ It was only too bad that to gossip and support mean ideas was easier and more enjoyable, really, than to keep quiet and know in silence that the true story can never be told, articulated in a way that… Amanda Coplin
“ She could strive for perfection only in certain, few things; beyond that, it was important only to be tidy. Amanda Coplin
“ Not only a few times, but every time he did not give in to his urge to go look for her, he resented the moment that came in its place. Even if the moment was beautiful and was something he valued, and… Amanda Coplin
“ She was haunted by the possibility that she had missed her chance for happiness. But she had not missed her chance, she told herself, for her chance would not let her get away so easily. Each morning… Amanda Coplin
“ He realized without being aware of it that he had had the possibility to know her, before – had he known her? – but now that had changed. The possibility was gone. Now no one would know her unless she… Amanda Coplin
“ He had pulled out of that grief, eventually – out from under the suffocating weight of it. Suffering had formed him: made him silent and deliberate, thoughtful: deep. Amanda Coplin
“ And that was the point of children, thought Caroline Meddey: to bind us to the earth and to the present, to distract us from death. Amanda Coplin
“ They were blessed, said Jane; they were going to give birth to themselves. It would be themselves they gave birth to, only better. That was why she and Della must work so hard to protect them, their c… Amanda Coplin
“ It was as if she had grown, changed, overnight; her hair was different, her eyes; the shade and texture of her flesh, her limbs; and, most disconcerting and delightful of all, she was beginning to spe… Amanda Coplin
