Because she was looking down and focusing her attention so precisely, Alice lost track of time and of herself. She wouldn't be able to put it into words, except to say she felt removed from the world....
People she loved. Happy people. Lots of people.
Today was a difficult day.Tomorrow will be better.'-Mr. Slinger
He could manage. Ms. Silver happened to be walking by
But when you see something only once a year it's always new, as if you're seeing it for the first time.
Didn't it make sense that after something horrible happens, something better should follow?
Drop Sisters.
Today was a difficult day. Tomorrow will be better
There was something wonderful - something potent even - about a present before it's unwrapped. Especially an unexpected one. Anything could be inside.
She decided that this kind of waiting - waiting for something good and bad tangled together - should be given its own special name.
Papa? she repeated. She rolled her eyes dramatically. That is so babyish, I can hardly believe it.
Now smile a real smile for me so I know you`re not suffering inside.
As she wove in and out of all the people - rushing, talking, eating, laughing; some in clumps, some alone - she realized that no one, no one at all in the airport, or on the entire planet for that mat...
Martha had come up with the nickname Godbee by accident when she was younger than Lucy. Dorothy Boyle had been referred to as Grandma Boyle or Grandma B, for short, to distinguish her from Martha’s ot...
The glittery feeling. She’d named it because it felt to her as if her skin and everything beneath it briefly became shiny and jumpy and bubbly, as if glitter materialized inside her, then rose quickly...
Home was the same as when Martha had left it, but because *she* had changed, her world seemed slightly different, as though she were seeing everything in sharper focus.
He couldn't help but give in to the occasional temptation to replay past events in his mind, altering them, changing them from cruel to comfortable, from sad to happy, from unfair to accommodating. An...
His) sadness grew; it became a rock inside him, pulling him down. He carried the sadness everywhere, morning, noon, and night. It hurt to breathe.
But this was the first time someone he loved would be gone forever. He didn't like to think about the forever part. But when he did, which was often, the only place he wanted to be was home.
The sky was full - of blue and sun. The ocean reflected it and was flat and glossy like a fancy ballroom floor. To Martha, this was the most beautiful sight, a miracle. The ocean made her feel insigni...
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