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“Terrible things happened when you were least expecting them...But it seemed that wonderful things could happen too. You could be forced to take a trip, not knowing who you would meet. Not knowing t...”
“Were always all alone, he said, his voice cracked and worn.Tamsin shook her head. She knew that wasnt true. She had years of proof to the contrary. No, she said. Not always. Noteven often.Oh, the o...”
“And she kept following the truck, like we were a very small parade, waving and waving, until Frank took the curve in the road and then she was gone.”
“Anyone else would have probably stayed put---or at least looked deeply uncomfortable, but Frank seemed like he was taking this in stride, like helping to reunite friends was just a normal thing he ...”
“I was speaking without thinking about it first, not hesitating, just saying what I felt first.”
“Nothing worth doing is easy," frank said. "Especially not in the beginning. But I'm not about to give up.”
“Its not about the destination. Its getting there thats the good part.- Leonard”
“It was like there was an elephant in the room. An elephant that expected us to have sex.”
“I saw the statue completely different now. I'd decided that he wasn't pointing to anything or anyone. Now all I could see was that he was reaching out his hand to someone. For me that explained the...”
“And I felt, in the silence that followed, everything that had happened on the trip to bring me to this place.”
“In a well-ordered universe...camping would take place indoors.”
“You don't have to go away to know where your home is.”
“You get up, you dress up, you show up. And usually have a pretty good time by the end of it.”
“I looked like someone who'd had a night, and had a story to tell about it.”
“...You can do something extraordinary, and something that a lot of people can't do. And if you have the opportunity to work on your gifts, it seems like a crime not to. I mean, it's just weakness t...”
“It was kind of like what I imagined it would be like to drink a forest fire.”
“You're the brightest thing in the room," he said. He lifted his hand from my waist, and slowly, carefully brushed a stray lock of hair from my cheek. "You shine.”
“And sometimes," she added, in a slightly hushed tone, like she was letting me in on a secret, "if you don't feel great on the inside, just look great on the outside, and after a while you won't be ...”
“I'll answer that.' He took a deep breath, and I could see his eyes searching mine, like he was looking for an answer. 'I had thought that was the ending,' he finally said. 'But I might have been wr...”
“I waited to feel incredibly embarrassed, but the feeling didn't come. It was more like a small victory, a secret to everyone else but me.”
