“She looked over at her grandmother, smiling in her sleep from what she hoped was a dream about George Bailey and the… — Abby Slovin Dreams Copy Share Image
“Its roots emerged forcefully from the earth like the Great Wall and extended at least ten feet toward the house, demanding to… — Abby Slovin Flower Copy Share Image
“The search for lost things is hindered by routine habits, and that is why it is so difficult to find them.” — Abby Slovin Habits Copy Share Image
“Sparks fly everywhere, Parker. The world’s practically on fire. You need something more solid in your relationships than some silly little spark.” — Abby Slovin Fire Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you don’t get to close one door before another opens. We’re not all given that luxury, for closure.” — Abby Slovin Closure Copy Share Image
“Speed did not feel exhilarating or thrilling anymore. It only felt like a rapid approach toward something distant that she couldn’t make… — Abby Slovin Adventure Copy Share Image
“She sat on the stoop alone, gazing up at an infinite sky as it held her and pushed her away all at… — Abby Slovin Heart 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 Grandmother Copy Share Image
“Parker stared at the bare branches along Saint Marks Place as they swayed with the wind, reaching for one another, and longed… — Abby Slovin Bare branches Copy Share Image
“I used to build things, maintain them and what-not. Sometimes, we’d take things apart completely just to get a good look at… — Abby Slovin Copy Share Image
“She inhaled deep breaths filled with salty air and watched the moon cast streaks across the rippling river, unable to determine in… — Abby Slovin Copy Share Image
“She suddenly realized how much she loved the rain; loved the way it seemed like the sky was purging something it held… — Abby Slovin Nature Copy Share Image
“Sometimes walls go up between friends and you can’t see the other side. And sometimes they come down. That’s just the way… — Abby Slovin Friends Copy Share Image
“Parker sat on the opposite end of the couch, distracted by thoughts of the coming year and all the secrets it kept… — Abby Slovin Copy Share Image
“This was the place where someone had led her, only she could not remember who and could not remember when. Just that… — Abby Slovin Memory 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 Heart 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
“A girl?" Her mother looked at her, curiously, as if the word were unknown to her; ancient and puzzling as an artifact… — Abby Slovin Parenting Copy Share Image
“Old friends have a way of reminding you of what you used to be. In an instant, I remembered everything I once… — Abby Slovin Old friends Copy Share Image
“Finally, a bold announcement across the screen declared The End. ... She resent it, The End. She resented the silence that followed… — Abby Slovin Silence 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 Another life Copy Share Image
“She stood before him on the porch now, as living, breathing proof that fortune had not tipped itself in his direction all… — Abby Slovin Life Copy Share Image
“She kept public radio on so it sounded like someone was sitting next to her, engaging her in intriguing conversation.” — Abby Slovin Communication Copy Share Image
“His words were rare, full conversations with him even rarer, as if Parker were one of his students that he did not… — Abby Slovin Communication Copy Share Image
“Parker soon became familiar with the one certainty of sorrow, that ultimately loneliness trumps logic.” — Abby Slovin Grief Copy Share Image
“Her eyes watered until the moment became nothing more than floating colors in front of her watery eyes.” — Abby Slovin Time 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 Psychology Copy Share Image
“She looked out the window at the soggy sidewalks on Saint Marks Place, as a late snowfall began to melt in the… — Abby Slovin Early spring Copy Share Image
“She did not know why the heat felt so heavy in that house, why all of a sudden it felt so much… — Abby Slovin Heart Copy Share Image
“She approached the car with a confident stride that implied she had lived on the block her whole life.” — Abby Slovin Life Copy Share Image
“In the distance, they could see the headlights from cars crossing the bridges like fireflies swarming the streets toward home.” — Abby Slovin Copy Share Image
“By midday, temperatures had not reached their typical highs for late spring, and passersby seemed to struggle with the desire to dress… — Abby Slovin Flower Copy Share Image
