“ No one is on this road , she thought. No one but us. Everyone knows this isn’t the place to be at three o’clock on a summer afternoon. Everyone but us. ” — V.S. Kemanis Copy Share Image
“Her immediate impulse was one of self-preservation. She was tied up in this somehow, she didn’t know why or how, but there was something… — V.S. Kemanis Copy Share Image
“Distance and time and a whitewashed mind hadn’t kept a child from growing, from existing, from demanding a place on this earth.” — V.S. Kemanis Copy Share Image
“The reality and what it meant was slowly dawning: the betrayal, deception, and omission. Clandestine meetings. Evasion under questioning. In hindsight, Dana and Evan… — V.S. Kemanis Copy Share Image
“She’d discovered the beginnings of her adult person, her preference for lucidity, prudence, responsibility, and restraint. Tranquility could be eked from boredom, results from… — V.S. Kemanis Copy Share Image
“ No one is on this road , she thought. No one but us. Everyone knows this isn’t the place to be at three… — V.S. Kemanis Copy Share Image
“Rage and despair shook her for minutes or hours. She was unaware of the passage of time. Finally spent, she retreated inward and collapsed… — V.S. Kemanis Copy Share Image
