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> [“We drove past our old house,” the woman told me, “and I noticed that the tree he had watered through the droughts and cared for over the years had been cut down. He must have noticed too. I didn’t say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eula-biss/we-drove-past-our-old-house-the-woman-told-me-and-i-noticed-that-the/)

[Eula Biss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eula-biss/)

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## More by Eula Biss

> [“Sometimes he gives a little flourish with his fingers that makes me wonder if all his movements are a quiet performance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eula-biss/sometimes-he-gives-a-little-flourish-with-his-fingers-that-makes-me/)

[Eula Biss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eula-biss/)

> [“I pause when the man at the register lays down a red carnation with my change, says quietly, “This is for you,” and turns…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eula-biss/i-pause-when-the-man-at-the-register-lays-down-a-red-carnation-with/)

[Eula Biss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eula-biss/)

> [“Sonata,” he says, “means ‘sounding together.’ It is an argument in which one theme is presented in opposition to another and they struggle until…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eula-biss/sonata-he-says-means-sounding-together-it-is-an-argument-in-which-one/)

[Eula Biss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eula-biss/)

> [“I think I remember him saying that the problem with a tire fire is that it can smolder for years, burning quietly but uncontrollably.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eula-biss/i-think-i-remember-him-saying-that-the-problem-with-a-tire-fire-is/)

[Eula Biss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eula-biss/)

> [Wealthier countries have the luxury of entertaining fears the rest of the world cannot afford.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eula-biss/wealthier-countries-have-the-luxury-of-entertaining-fears-the-rest-of/)

[Eula Biss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eula-biss/)

> [“as Jean-Paul Sartre put it, “Freedom is what you do with what’s been done to you.” What”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eula-biss/as-jean-paul-sartre-put-it-freedom-is-what-you-do-with-what-s-been/)

[Eula Biss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eula-biss/)

> [A trust-in the sense of a valuable asset placed in the care of someone to whom it does not ultimately belong-captures, more or less,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eula-biss/a-trust-in-the-sense-of-a-valuable-asset-placed-in-the-care-of/)

[Eula Biss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eula-biss/)

> [“When he says, “Why can’t you follow a recipe?” I am hurt, because I know that he is not just asking why I can’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eula-biss/when-he-says-why-can-t-you-follow-a-recipe-i-am-hurt-because-i-know/)

[Eula Biss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eula-biss/)

> [“We had been arguing for hours and it was dark in the room. We sat silently on the couch, I was tapping my foot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eula-biss/we-had-been-arguing-for-hours-and-it-was-dark-in-the-room-we-sat/)

[Eula Biss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eula-biss/)

> [ I thought, how would I feel if my son gave one of those \[underprivileged\] kids chicken pox? For him it's not a terrible thing.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eula-biss/i-thought-how-would-i-feel-if-my-son-gave-one-of-those/)

[Eula Biss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eula-biss/)

> [“Mother: “He used to say that you could lock me in a closet and I’d still get something out of it. I guess that’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eula-biss/mother-he-used-to-say-that-you-could-lock-me-in-a-closet-and-i-d/)

[Eula Biss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eula-biss/)

> [“I was shaking when I asked my mother, “Do you think you eat enough?” She was silent for a long time until she said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eula-biss/i-was-shaking-when-i-asked-my-mother-do-you-think-you-eat-enough-she/)

[Eula Biss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eula-biss/)

> [“Black is closing in around my eyes. I realize with a great, tired sadness that I am losing the world. The walls, the molding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eula-biss/black-is-closing-in-around-my-eyes-i-realize-with-a-great-tired/)

[Eula Biss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eula-biss/)

> [“He thinks I don’t pay attention. He has been talking and I have been silently naming the scents of everything we are crushing under…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eula-biss/he-thinks-i-don-t-pay-attention-he-has-been-talking-and-i-have-been/)

[Eula Biss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eula-biss/)

> [“Whiteness is not a kinship or a culture. White people are no more closely related to one another, genetically, that we are to black…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eula-biss/whiteness-is-not-a-kinship-or-a-culture-white-people-are-no-more/)

[Eula Biss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eula-biss/)

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