“The sudden silence is horrifying, and it seems to catch my mother off guard. A tiny whimper escapes her, the sound amplified in the stillness. Surely, my father hears her now; surely he and I can't go on pretending she isn't crying.” I CanSeemsMotherFatherSoundSilenceCryGoes OnTinyPretendingStillnessSilence Is Book:Double Identity Source: Double Identity
“That porch is a happy-looking place, and my father - burdened, stoop-shouldered, cadaverously thin - doesn't seem to belong on it.” SeemsFatherStoopsPorch Book:Double Identity Source: Double Identity
“The Government justifies keeping everyone else in poverty because people seem to work the hardest when they're right on the edge of survival.” PeopleSeemsGovernmentPovertySurvivalEdgesHardestJustify Book:Among the Hidden Source: Among the Hidden
