“He thinks about her, at this moment, in her house, a few thin walls away, packing her life into boxes and bags and he wonders what memories she is rediscovering, what thoughts are catching in her mouth like the dust blown from unused textbooks. He wonders if she has buried any traces of herself under her floorboards. He wonders what those traces would be if she had. And he wonders again why he thinks about her so much when he knows so little to think about.” IfsThinkingKnowsLittlesMomentsWould BeHouseMemoriesWonderWallMouthsBoxesDustBagsBuriedCatchingTextbooksPacking Book:If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things Source: If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things
“He says when your grandmother died your mother cried solidly for a week, solidly. She was crying with relief he says, it was like as if a door had been unlocked and she'd been let outside, she said to me I'm safe now. He waits, and he says this kid, when it's born, you mustn't ever let it think it's anything other than a gift and a blessing, do you hear me?” IfsThinkingSaidKidsMotherWaitingBornDoorsWeekCryBlessingSafeDiedReliefGrandmotherCriedYour Grandmother Book:If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things Source: If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things
“I wonder how many ways there are for a mother to produce that wreckage in her own daughter, and my muscles tense as I think of them.” ThinkingWayMotherWonderProduceDaughterMusclesTenseWreckage Book:If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things Source: If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things
