“She let go and yet for the first time did not feel she was giving up.” — Abby Slovin Copy Share Image
“For a brief moment, the rusted steel beams above her sparkled like stars.” — Abby Slovin Copy Share Image
“The likeness she had been searching for was on her face the whole time.” — Abby Slovin Copy Share Image
“In a brief, surreal moment, she could see the young man he used to be in his smile.” — Abby Slovin Copy Share Image
“Nothing happens here except the past in slow motion. We’re starting to go backwards, you and I.” — Abby Slovin Copy Share Image
“She looked up and saw the right angles of time above her as the clock hit three.” — Abby Slovin Copy Share Image
“Her eyes watered until the moment became nothing more than floating colors in front of her watery eyes.” — Abby Slovin Copy Share Image
“What a world, she thought, where you could at one moment be under a cloud and the next, right in the heart… — Abby Slovin Copy Share Image
“At a time when Parker might have craved the comfort of certainty, she instead held tight to her wavering thoughts; To the… — Abby Slovin Copy Share Image
“Eventually, as her grandmother’s sobs softened, she pulled her away and – looking deeply into the clouds of her grey eyes –… — Abby Slovin Copy Share Image
“Parker and her mother exchanged small talk like a pair of strangers in an elevator. What a nice day it was and… — Abby Slovin Copy Share Image
“Parker, I'm old," She said matter-of-factly. "I get away with these things." She continued to wave and smile wildly. "People treat me… — Abby Slovin Copy Share Image
“Her grandmother experienced them differently, as if they brought her remnants from another time, another life even, which she refused to acknowledge… — Abby Slovin Copy Share Image
“At some point, time isn’t something on the horizon anymore, something you think about happening one day, but something that’s already happened,… — Abby Slovin Copy Share Image
“She didn’t quite know how to translate faces; so she wondered about Jerry, but that’s all she could do.” — Abby Slovin Copy Share
“In a brief, surreal moment, she could see the young man he used to be in his smile.” — Abby Slovin Copy Share
“She sat on the stoop alone, gazing up at an infinite sky as it held her and pushed her away all at once.” — Abby Slovin Copy Share
“She looked up and saw the right angles of time above her as the clock hit three.” — Abby Slovin Copy Share
“For the life of me, I don’t understand these bumper stickers. I would think, the more you believe in something, the less you’d want… — Abby Slovin Copy Share
“Sometimes you don’t get to close one door before another opens. We’re not all given that luxury, for closure.” — Abby Slovin Copy Share
“A girl?" Her mother looked at her, curiously, as if the word were unknown to her; ancient and puzzling as an artifact behind a… — Abby Slovin Copy Share
“She approached the car with a confident stride that implied she had lived on the block her whole life.” — Abby Slovin Copy Share
“At a time when Parker might have craved the comfort of certainty, she instead held tight to her wavering thoughts; To the gravity and… — Abby Slovin Copy Share
