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Father Quotes by Margaret Haddix
- The sudden silence is horrifying, and it seems to catch my mother off guard. A tiny whimper escapes her, the sound amplified in the stillness.…
- A thousand times today I've started to open my mouth, started to squeak out, "Can you tell me...? But then I'd look into the front…
- That porch is a happy-looking place, and my father - burdened, stoop-shouldered, cadaverously thin - doesn't seem to belong on it.
- Oh, Myr," he chokes out. "I hate having to ask this of you..." He glances towards the car again, and I crouch down in the…
- Unlike my mother, my father does not cry quietly. His wails roll out like a wave of pain, and I scramble to roll up my…
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