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> [“happened in the past. “But if you ever hear about it, don’t worry,” he said, his words a little slurred by drink. “Alexandria’s the only one who remembers it.” On the stairs, I froze. My family had always been silent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandria-marzano-lesnevich/happened-in-the-past-but-if-you-ever-hear-about-it-don-t-worry-he/)

[Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandria-marzano-lesnevich/)

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## More by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich

> [“When a lifeline comes, you don’t evaluate whether it’s the right one. You just grab for it, and hold on.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandria-marzano-lesnevich/when-a-lifeline-comes-you-don-t-evaluate-whether-it-s-the-right-one/)

[Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandria-marzano-lesnevich/)

> [“I remember a new heaviness in my body, but maybe that's the work of time and my looking back.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandria-marzano-lesnevich/i-remember-a-new-heaviness-in-my-body-but-maybe-that-s-the-work-of/)

[Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandria-marzano-lesnevich/)

> [“The law—with each side’s relentless pursuit of one story—has never known what to do with this complicated middle ground. But life is full of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandria-marzano-lesnevich/the-law-with-each-side-s-relentless-pursuit-of-one-story-has-never/)

[Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandria-marzano-lesnevich/)

> [“So I try something new. Not turning my back to the past, not fleeing it, but extending a hand. I say to the past,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandria-marzano-lesnevich/so-i-try-something-new-not-turning-my-back-to-the-past-not-fleeing-it/)

[Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandria-marzano-lesnevich/)

> [“I knew it was gonna rain,” she tells them. “But I’m kind of glad, because it’s like the angels in heaven are crying.” The”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandria-marzano-lesnevich/i-knew-it-was-gonna-rain-she-tells-them-but-i-m-kind-of-glad-because/)

[Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandria-marzano-lesnevich/)

> [“This is the logic I will never find an answer to, the way in my family a hurt will always be your hurt or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandria-marzano-lesnevich/this-is-the-logic-i-will-never-find-an-answer-to-the-way-in-my-family/)

[Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandria-marzano-lesnevich/)

> [“Lyme disease is new then, barely known. The doctor hasn’t tested me for it. We can see only what we have a name for.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandria-marzano-lesnevich/lyme-disease-is-new-then-barely-known-the-doctor-hasn-t-tested-me-for/)

[Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandria-marzano-lesnevich/)

> [“All of these events, we would understand, were tangled together- no one cause, no one beginning.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandria-marzano-lesnevich/all-of-these-events-we-would-understand-were-tangled-together-no-one/)

[Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandria-marzano-lesnevich/)

> [“Consistency is what we prize, and coherency, and reason, and to be true to our ideals so that they fit together into the neat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandria-marzano-lesnevich/consistency-is-what-we-prize-and-coherency-and-reason-and-to-be-true/)

[Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandria-marzano-lesnevich/)

> [“But is an act ever really only about itself? Does any element of this story occur in isolation? I”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandria-marzano-lesnevich/but-is-an-act-ever-really-only-about-itself-does-any-element-of-this/)

[Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandria-marzano-lesnevich/)

> [“But strangely, I am all right. The world I belong to now is the one in the books I read. When I am awake,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandria-marzano-lesnevich/but-strangely-i-am-all-right-the-world-i-belong-to-now-is-the-one-in/)

[Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandria-marzano-lesnevich/)

> [“In the books I find the thrum of everything unsayable. The characters weep the way I want to, love the way I want to,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandria-marzano-lesnevich/in-the-books-i-find-the-thrum-of-everything-unsayable-the-characters/)

[Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandria-marzano-lesnevich/)

> [“My sisters and I stand on the deck, the shale tile cool against the soles of our feet - for a week it seems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandria-marzano-lesnevich/my-sisters-and-i-stand-on-the-deck-the-shale-tile-cool-against-the/)

[Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandria-marzano-lesnevich/)

> [“If we acknowledge only the happy things, maybe that’s all there will be.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandria-marzano-lesnevich/if-we-acknowledge-only-the-happy-things-maybe-that-s-all-there-will-be/)

[Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandria-marzano-lesnevich/)

> [“we are prisoners of the story we tell about ourselves, the story of the parents descended from poor immigrants who made it good and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandria-marzano-lesnevich/we-are-prisoners-of-the-story-we-tell-about-ourselves-the-story-of/)

[Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandria-marzano-lesnevich/)

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