“No one [Islanders] trod easily upon the emotions of another where the sea licked everywhere against an endless shoreline. And this was excellent and poor at the same time-excellent because it meant most people took care, poor because it meant… — David Guterson Copy Share Image
How could they say that they truly loved each other? They had simply grown up together, been children together, and the proximity of it,… — David Guterson Copy Share Image
He decided then that he would love her forever no matter what came to pass. It was not so much a matter of deciding as accepting the inevitability of it. It made him feel better, though he felt perturbed, too, worried that this kiss was wrong. But from his point of view, at fourteen years old, their love was entirely… — David Guterson Copy Share
It doesn't matter who you are, how many awards you've won, how popular you are, or how much critical acclaim you've had. — David Guterson Copy Share Image
accident ruled every corner of the universe except the chambers of the human heart. — David Guterson Copy Share Image
“Ben remembered that in Italy, he and Rachel had slipped down between rows of apple trees on the plain of the Po, deep into the cool and dark of orchards, and there they had kissed with the sadness of newlyweds who know that their kisses are too poignantly tender and that their good fortune is subject, like all things, to… — David Guterson Copy Share
“The color of the sky was like a length of white chalk turned on its side and rubbed into asphalt. Sanded--that was how the… — David Guterson Copy Share Image
To deny that there was this dark side of life would be like pretending that the cold of winter was somehow only a temporary… — David Guterson Copy Share Image
We should recognize that schools will never solve the bedrock problems of education because the problems are problems of families, of cultural pressures that… — David Guterson Copy Share Image
“It ate at whatever was warm nearby, and then the coldness settled in permanently. You learned to live with it” — David Guterson Copy Share Image
“The trick was to live here without hating yourself because all around you was hatred. The trick was to refuse to allow your pain… — David Guterson Copy Share Image
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