Quotes by Margaret McMullan, Sources of Light

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“Sit on the truth too long and you mash the life right out of it.”

“She loved him, even though it was so hard to love anybody else after loving my dad. I think I knew this before she did.”

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“Don't be scared," Willa Mae said.I looked at her. "Aren't you scared?"Willa Mae looked at me and said, "Shoot. Only thing I'm afraid of is that I'm going to do something I'll regret.""Being scared ...”

— Margaret McMullan, Sources of Light

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“Why did you marry Dad, Mom?" My mother sniffled through her nose, looked at me, then smiled. "I wanted something more and he was it. We both had big dreams." "That must have taken a lot of courage,...”

— Margaret McMullan, Sources of Light

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“We stayed all day long. We closed our eyes and paryed, which we had not doen together in a long time. The nurse came in and out of the room. Everything felt awful and I wondered why the whole world...”

— Margaret McMullan, Sources of Light

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“Sit on the truth too long and you mash the life right out of it.”

— Margaret McMullan, Sources of Light

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“Seems like nothing's getting safer or better," I said. "Seems like everything's getting worse." "Maybe that's what's gotta happen," Willa Mae said. "Maybe everything's gotta break lose and fall apa...”

— Margaret McMullan, Sources of Light

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“She loved him, even though it was so hard to love anybody else after loving my dad. I think I knew this before she did.”

— Margaret McMullan, Sources of Light

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