“she had a sudden memory of playing Fox and Geese with her father at Christmastime and of the joy-filled terror in knowing that there was no escape. Knowing that the person chasing you, the large male person chasing you, would… — Val Brelinski Copy Share Image
“Was this what faith was? Just a believing and hoping and trusting in something, regardless of the evidence to the contrary?” — Val Brelinski Copy Share Image
“How was it possible to care deeply about people and not hurt them? To touch them and not leave terrible marks?” — Val Brelinski Copy Share Image
“She ran quietly down Ninth Avenue, her feet barely tapping the ground. There were no cars and she ran smooth and steady down the… — Val Brelinski Copy Share Image
“So many things had happened that she never would have dreamed could take place, and yet here she was still breathing and eating food… — Val Brelinski Copy Share Image
“The universe had opened up and revealed its own perfectly blank face to her own, returning her gaze with a flattened emptiness that stretched… — Val Brelinski Copy Share Image
“she had a sudden memory of playing Fox and Geese with her father at Christmastime and of the joy-filled terror in knowing that there… — Val Brelinski Copy Share Image
