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> [“Kate, I imagine that very few people reach the end of their lives and regret having spent too many hours relaxing beside the ocean.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-p-kiernan/kate-i-imagine-that-very-few-people-reach-the-end-of-their-lives-and/)

[Stephen P. Kiernan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-p-kiernan/)

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## More by Stephen P. Kiernan

> [“And what is life but a little row in a small boat, every moment leaving what we know, every stroke unable to see where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-p-kiernan/and-what-is-life-but-a-little-row-in-a-small-boat-every-moment/)

[Stephen P. Kiernan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-p-kiernan/)

> [“The memory still made her blush, though in the many months since then, the thrill in her heart had been replaced entirely by longing.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-p-kiernan/the-memory-still-made-her-blush-though-in-the-many-months-since-then/)

[Stephen P. Kiernan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-p-kiernan/)

> [“A man could be outwardly obedient, but tardiness revealed his inner determination, proof that slavery affects only the body. It does not include possession…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-p-kiernan/a-man-could-be-outwardly-obedient-but-tardiness-revealed-his-inner/)

[Stephen P. Kiernan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-p-kiernan/)

> [“Was there always to be someone who, by comparison, made your circumstances seem fortunate?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-p-kiernan/was-there-always-to-be-someone-who-by-comparison-made-your/)

[Stephen P. Kiernan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-p-kiernan/)

> [“Are you with the Resistance?” “No. I am simply trying to survive, and to help those I can.” Fleur”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-p-kiernan/are-you-with-the-resistance-no-i-am-simply-trying-to-survive-and-to/)

[Stephen P. Kiernan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-p-kiernan/)

> [“Perhaps slavery is harder for a person who has known freedom. Perhaps it does not matter. The”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-p-kiernan/perhaps-slavery-is-harder-for-a-person-who-has-known-freedom-perhaps/)

[Stephen P. Kiernan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-p-kiernan/)

> [“No deception lasts forever. Truth rises like good bread dough.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-p-kiernan/no-deception-lasts-forever-truth-rises-like-good-bread-dough/)

[Stephen P. Kiernan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-p-kiernan/)

> [“Fear, they learned, did not live in the heart or mind. It inhabited the stomach like a bad oyster. There was nothing to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-p-kiernan/fear-they-learned-did-not-live-in-the-heart-or-mind-it-inhabited-the/)

[Stephen P. Kiernan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-p-kiernan/)

> [“Even now, the angling of the light into this room. The curl of the curtain as it falls from a slackening breeze. To call…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-p-kiernan/even-now-the-angling-of-the-light-into-this-room-the-curl-of-the/)

[Stephen P. Kiernan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-p-kiernan/)

> [“My mother died halfway when they shot my father. Then almost halfway more, after what the soldiers did to her. Today was the last…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-p-kiernan/my-mother-died-halfway-when-they-shot-my-father-then-almost-halfway/)

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> [“a lifetime’s worth of narratives happening at once—the television. At first I was amazed. Soon I found it predictable, however, and dulling to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-p-kiernan/a-lifetime-s-worth-of-narratives-happening-at-once-the-television-at/)

[Stephen P. Kiernan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-p-kiernan/)

> [“When Emma was fifteen Uncle Ezra had taught her reduction, boiling a full pot of beef or chicken stock down to a quarter cup…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-p-kiernan/when-emma-was-fifteen-uncle-ezra-had-taught-her-reduction-boiling-a/)

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> [“My literary references seem right, but no one around me is well read enough to correct any errors.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-p-kiernan/my-literary-references-seem-right-but-no-one-around-me-is-well-read/)

[Stephen P. Kiernan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-p-kiernan/)

> [“After all, what is love but the desire to know another person as thoroughly and deeply as possible? Every quirk and passion, each response…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-p-kiernan/after-all-what-is-love-but-the-desire-to-know-another-person-as/)

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> [“If you see God,” she said finally, “ask Him why He stopped loving us.” Emma”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-p-kiernan/if-you-see-god-she-said-finally-ask-him-why-he-stopped-loving-us-emma/)

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