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There was a time when she had indulged in the hypothetical for hours a day, plotting the map that had led her… — Anthony Marra Copy Share Image
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Entire years had passed when he was rich enough in time to disregard the loose change of a minute, but now he… — Anthony Marra Copy Share Image
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“You can tell by the way I use my walk, I'm a woman's man,'Laina said,... 'You know that song?' 'Of course. People… — Anthony Marra Copy Share Image
“Carrying that lumber the forty meters from the forest had left his knuckles blistered, his underarms sopping, but now a few hours of flames… — Anthony Marra Copy Share
“The previous night, for the first time in a long time, he had felt whole, and his eyes returned to the rearview, where his… — Anthony Marra Copy Share
“At the kitchen table she examined the glass of ice. Each cube was rounded by room temperature, dissolving in its own remains, and belatedly… — Anthony Marra Copy Share
“The television dramas we grew up on, stories of star-crossed lovers, stories of love overcoming all obstacles, well, they’re all fairy tales, obviously, like… — Anthony Marra Copy Share
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“Don't insult me. Everyone knows a turtle is a crustacean on its mother's side.” — Anthony Marra Copy Share
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“Even after Sonja graduated secondary school at the top of her class and matriculated to the city university biology department, their parents found more… — Anthony Marra Copy Share
“He was losing her incrementally...As a web is no more than holes woven together, they were bonded by what was no longer there.” — Anthony Marra Copy Share
“Too young to explain in words, the girl's face was old enough to show the loss that was that name.” — Anthony Marra Copy Share
“A lizard fucks a crab and nine months later a turtle pops out. It's called evolution.” — Anthony Marra Copy Share
