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> [He regarded the world-objects right in front of his face-as if from a great distance. For when he moved on the earth he also moved in other realms. In certain seasons, in certain shades, memories alighted on him like sharp-taloned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-coplin/he-regarded-the-world-objects-right-in-front-of-his-face-as-if-from-a/)

[Amanda Coplin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-coplin/)

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## More by Amanda Coplin

> [“This was the image Angeline had of him at the time; always moving to the edges of some sort of celebration.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-coplin/this-was-the-image-angeline-had-of-him-at-the-time-always-moving-to/)

[Amanda Coplin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-coplin/)

> [“Riding in the herd, the sound like one constant, endless sigh; some frantic and others calm, some remembering some wrong done to them while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-coplin/riding-in-the-herd-the-sound-like-one-constant-endless-sigh-some/)

[Amanda Coplin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-coplin/)

> [“...She was becoming what she was destined to become...: her own person, her own independent and particular self.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-coplin/she-was-becoming-what-she-was-destined-to-become-her-own-person-her/)

[Amanda Coplin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-coplin/)

> [You belong to the earth and the earth is hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-coplin/you-belong-to-the-earth-and-the-earth-is-hard/)

[Amanda Coplin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-coplin/)

> [“And how does one so small and perfect in her way become an adult? The change would never occur if he kept his eye…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-coplin/and-how-does-one-so-small-and-perfect-in-her-way-become-an-adult-the/)

[Amanda Coplin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-coplin/)

> [“The man said that a portion of track just up into the mountain pass had been damaged by a rockslide early that morning, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-coplin/the-man-said-that-a-portion-of-track-just-up-into-the-mountain-pass/)

[Amanda Coplin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-coplin/)

> [“A place to show her children: and you belong to the earth, and the earth is hard.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-coplin/a-place-to-show-her-children-and-you-belong-to-the-earth-and-the/)

[Amanda Coplin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-coplin/)

> [The night has made up its mind. It’s we who are too slow, who move in the wake of events already decided for us,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-coplin/the-night-has-made-up-its-mind-it-s-we-who-are-too-slow-who-move-in/)

[Amanda Coplin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-coplin/)

> [“She could strive for perfection only in certain, few things; beyond that, it was important only to be tidy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-coplin/she-could-strive-for-perfection-only-in-certain-few-things-beyond/)

[Amanda Coplin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-coplin/)

> [“She revered solitude, but only because there was the possibility of breaking it. Of communing at last with another.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-coplin/she-revered-solitude-but-only-because-there-was-the-possibility-of/)

[Amanda Coplin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-coplin/)

> [“It was only too bad that to gossip and support mean ideas was easier and more enjoyable, really, than to keep quiet and know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-coplin/it-was-only-too-bad-that-to-gossip-and-support-mean-ideas-was-easier/)

[Amanda Coplin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-coplin/)

> [“And that was the point of children, thought Caroline Meddey: to bind us to the earth and to the present, to distract us from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-coplin/and-that-was-the-point-of-children-thought-caroline-meddey-to-bind-us/)

[Amanda Coplin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-coplin/)

> [“Up the Columbia, the water splashing steadily against the hull; past Orondo and Entiat, the orchards along the benches materializing in the dawn.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-coplin/up-the-columbia-the-water-splashing-steadily-against-the-hull-past/)

[Amanda Coplin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-coplin/)

> [“They had heard that many, many miles away, but not so many as before they started, on the other side of the mountains, was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-coplin/they-had-heard-that-many-many-miles-away-but-not-so-many-as-before/)

[Amanda Coplin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-coplin/)

> [“Not only a few times, but every time he did not give in to his urge to go look for her, he resented the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-coplin/not-only-a-few-times-but-every-time-he-did-not-give-in-to-his-urge-to/)

[Amanda Coplin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-coplin/)

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