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“A trial, it often came down to who had the best story.”
“If you didn't remember something happening, was it because it never had happened? Or because you wished it hadn't?”
“She shrugged. "You can be happy for someone else's good fortune, but that doesn't mean you forget your own bad luck.”
“She wanted him to tell her that when you love someone so hard and so fierce, it was all right to do things that you knew were wrong.”
“If she spoke, she would tell him the truth: she was not okay at all, but horribly empty, now that she knew what it was like to be filled.”
“If you're afraid of everyone leaving you, what do you do?"Make them stay."And if you can't do that, or don't know how to?"Ellie shrugged. "I don't know."Yes, you do. In fact, you've done it. You le...”
“But Katie knew it was a sin, had known from the moment she made the decision to lie with Adam. However, the transgression wasn't making love without the sanction of marriage. It was that for the fi...”
“The English judged a person so that they'd be justified in casting her out. The Amish judged a person so that they'd be justified in welcoming her back. Where I'm from, if someone is accused of sin...”
“Our culture promotes individuality, while the Amish are deeply entrenched in community. To us, if someone stands out, it's no big deal because diversity is respected and expected. To the Amish, the...”
