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I鈥檇 been kind to Ismene鈥攐r I thought I had, but perhaps no kindness was possible between owner and slave, only varying degrees of brutality?
“Having a body is a lot of work.”
― Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life
― Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life
“I wrote, 鈥淩escue 2, John Napolitano, I鈥檓 here and I love you. Dad.”
― The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11
― The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11
“Suma's eyes are still closed, and I can't tell if she's trying to forget, or to remember. Maybe stories are there to help us do both. I know stories can't always have happy endings. But if there are chances for us to do better, we have to say out loud the parts that hurt the most.”
― The Last Cuentista
― The Last Cuentista
“There are so many firsts to raising kids, and parents are told to catch them all. But they don鈥檛 warn you about the lasts. The last baby onesie. The last time you tie their shoes. The last time they think you have every answer in the world.”
― Open Book
― Open Book
“Do you have any other advice?" asked the boy.
"Don't measure how valuable you are by the way you are treated," said the horse.”
― The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
"Don't measure how valuable you are by the way you are treated," said the horse.”
― The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
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