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“Flora would have liked to ask her parents why the words ‘to father’ have such a different meaning from the words ‘to mother’.”

Family Parenthood Flora

Book:Swimming Lessons

Source: Swimming Lessons

“In the middle, the river was a deep green, scattered with rocks poking their noses up for a breath. The water charged around them, creating eddies and whirlpools. Closer to the bank, the current dragged lengths of weed along with it so it seemed that long-haired women swam just under the surface, never coming up for air.”

Metaphor Macabre

Book:Our Endless Numbered Days

Source: Our Endless Numbered Days

“When you return, we'll take armfuls of books out to the unmown lawn and lie on a blanket with them spread about us. We will read to each other and watch the gulls wheeling above. If we are shat upon, you will teach me to swear in Norwegian.”

Love Reading Swearing Seagulls

Book:Swimming Lessons

Source: Swimming Lessons

“Writing does not exist unless there is someone to read it, and each reader will take something different from a novel, from a chapter, from a line.”

Writing Reading Writing Quotes Reading Quotes

Book:Swimming Lessons

Source: Swimming Lessons

“Humans are useless at learning from their mistakes. We just have to keep making new plans.”

Humanity Learning Human Nature Mistakes

Book:The Memory of Animals

Source: The Memory of Animals