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> [“the April day when the Americans mounted the stone steps and pushed the door buzzer, rain had fallen for eleven of the last eleven days, and Aldine McKenna was waiting,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-mcneal/the-april-day-when-the-americans-mounted-the-stone-steps-and-pushed/)

[Laura McNeal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-mcneal/)

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## More by Laura McNeal

> [“Kids in my history class pulled out their cell phones and turned them on. I did the same, and as we all lifted our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-mcneal/kids-in-my-history-class-pulled-out-their-cell-phones-and-turned-them/)

[Laura McNeal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-mcneal/)

> [“Tu' eres de dos mundos." He was wrong, of course. You can only belong to one world at a time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-mcneal/tu-eres-de-dos-mundos-he-was-wrong-of-course-you-can-only-belong-to/)

[Laura McNeal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-mcneal/)

> [“I had no idea whether they played hide-and-seek in Mexico. Still, it was a game that let me be confident instead of self-conscious and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-mcneal/i-had-no-idea-whether-they-played-hide-and-seek-in-mexico-still-it/)

[Laura McNeal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-mcneal/)

> [“On September 13, we were the kindling, and a monstrous god leaned over us to breathe. Clouds melted, brush trembled, and the ocean burned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-mcneal/on-september-13-we-were-the-kindling-and-a-monstrous-god-leaned-over/)

[Laura McNeal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-mcneal/)

> [“Wanting to play God for your own private purposes, whatever they are, might be what getting greedy is”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-mcneal/wanting-to-play-god-for-your-own-private-purposes-whatever-they-are/)

[Laura McNeal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-mcneal/)

> [“This time when we kissed, he didn't pull away, and I was close enough to his mouth for him to whisper what the tiny…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-mcneal/this-time-when-we-kissed-he-didn-t-pull-away-and-i-was-close-enough/)

[Laura McNeal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-mcneal/)

> [“Inside the house, near the hearth, Amiel had built a sort of fire pit with rocks. It was a safer place to cook than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-mcneal/inside-the-house-near-the-hearth-amiel-had-built-a-sort-of-fire-pit/)

[Laura McNeal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-mcneal/)

> [“the April day when the Americans mounted the stone steps and pushed the door buzzer, rain had fallen for eleven of the last eleven…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-mcneal/the-april-day-when-the-americans-mounted-the-stone-steps-and-pushed/)

[Laura McNeal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-mcneal/)

> [“She had curled every strand of her hair with rags, attempting something along the lines of Myrna Loy as the Countess Valentine, but what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-mcneal/she-had-curled-every-strand-of-her-hair-with-rags-attempting/)

[Laura McNeal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-mcneal/)

> [“I had reached the end if the trail and the dead end of Willow Glen Road, which meant I had a long way to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-mcneal/i-had-reached-the-end-if-the-trail-and-the-dead-end-of-willow-glen/)

[Laura McNeal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-mcneal/)

> [“Amiel was looking at me with the kind of interest that made my mouth dry up. I was Braille and his eyes were fingers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-mcneal/amiel-was-looking-at-me-with-the-kind-of-interest-that-made-my-mouth/)

[Laura McNeal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-mcneal/)

> [“My whole life reminded me of how it felt to ride, when Greenie and I were little, in the back of Greenie's mother's car,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-mcneal/my-whole-life-reminded-me-of-how-it-felt-to-ride-when-greenie-and-i/)

[Laura McNeal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-mcneal/)

> [“Greenie Coombs became my best friend the last summer of making things up. We were in fourth grade, way too old for playing with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-mcneal/greenie-coombs-became-my-best-friend-the-last-summer-of-making-things/)

[Laura McNeal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-mcneal/)

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