“He had handed his daughter to Caroline Gill and that act had led him here, years later, to this girl in motion of her own, this girl who had decided yes, a brief moment of release in the back of a car, in the room of a silent house, this girl who had stood up later, adjusting her clothes, with now knowledge of how that moment was already shaping her life.” YearsMomentsGirlFatherHouseRoomsCarClothesDaughterDecidedSilentReleaseThat MomentStood UpAdjustingThis GirlBrief Moments Book:The Memory Keeper's Daughter: A Novel Source: The Memory Keeper's Daughter: A Novel
“He could hardly imagine anymore what his life would be without the weight of his hidden knowledge. He'd come to think of it as a kind of penance. It was self-destructive, he could see that, but that was the way things were. People smoked, they jumped out of airplanes, they drank too much and got into their cars and drove without seat belts.” PeopleThinkingWayKindSelfWould BeFatherToo MuchImagineCarWeightSeatsDestructiveAirplaneBeltsDrankSelf DestructivePenanceSeat Belts Book:The Memory Keeper's Daughter: A Novel Source: The Memory Keeper's Daughter: A Novel
“The city of Pittsburgh gleaming suddenly before her . . . so startling in its vastness and its beauty that she had gasped and slowed, afraid of losing control of the car” CitiesCarLosingVastnessPittsburghLosing Control Book:The Memory Keeper's Daughter: A Novel Source: The Memory Keeper's Daughter: A Novel
