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- The moon is whole all the time, but we can’t always see it. What we see is an almost moon or not-quite moon. The rest…
- The stains could be seen only in the sunlight, so Ruth was never really aware of them until later, when she would stop at an…
- Our only kiss was like an accident- a beautiful gasoline rainbow.
- Everyday he got up. Before sleep wore off, he was who he used to be. Then, as his consciousness woke, it was as if poison…
- Ruth hadn't talked to my sister since before my death, and then it was only to excuse herself in the hallway at school. But she'd…
- It was Buckley, as my father and sister joined the group and listened to Grandma Lynn’s countless toasts, who saw me. He saw me standing…
- I think you only learn what kind of personality you have by committing to things.
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