Friendship Quote by Frances O'Roark Dowell

“That was a funny thing about friends, Marylin thought. You could know a person practically your whole life and she could still surprise you.” quote by Frances O'Roark Dowell — Download Open image

““That was a funny thing about friends, Marylin thought. You could know a person practically your whole life and she could still surprise you.””

Frances O'Roark Dowell

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“I have to say, it felt good to be wanted, son. Felt real good.”

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“What filled the rooms of Grete's cottage so decidedly were woven baskets and wooden boxes and clay pots glazed in red and blue, each with its own mishmash of this and that. Roots and leaves still redolent of dirt. Balls of scratchy wool-purple twining into pink easing into periwinkle fading into gray. At least three boxes held squares and strips…

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“Dream girl? Ain't such a thing. You walk, you talk, you got mammary glands, well, that's gonna do it right there for most guys.”

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“Granny sat down on the step and stared off into the trees. "That girl right there, she was my only child. I have lost…

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A friend is someone whose face you can see in the dark.

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“Perhaps you'll apprentice to a healer when you're older," Grete suggested. "I'd say you have the gift for it." Hen reddened, then seemed suddenly…

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Stars. Trees breathe in starlight year after year, and it goes deep into their bones. So when you cut a tree open, you smell…

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“I'm not done arguing with you, Mrs.Fletcher. I'm going to convince you yet." "Well I reckon I got ten or twenty more years in…

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“You gonna stand in my backyard and ignore me to my face?”

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