“It's clear to me now that I have been moving toward you and you toward me for a long time. Though neither of us was aware of the other before we met, there was a kind of mindless certainty bumming blithely along beneath our ignorance that ensured we would come together. Like two solitary birds flying the great prairies by celestial reckoning, all of these years and lifetimes we have been moving toward one another.” YearsKindLongHas BeensTwoTogetherMovingClearIgnoranceMetsLong TimeBirdLifetimeFlyingCertaintySolitaryCountyCelestialMindlessReckoningPrairieBird Flying Author:Robert James Waller
“When a woman makes the choice to marry, to have children; in one way her life begins but in another way it stops. You build a life of details. You become a mother, a wife and you stop and stay steady so that your children can move. And when they leave they take your life of details with them. And then you're expected move again only you don't remember what moves you because no-one has asked in so long. Not even yourself.” WayChildrenLongRememberMovingMotherChoicesWifeDetailsExpectedOne WayYour ChildrenSteadyAnother WayCounty Author:Robert James Waller
“I sometimes have the feeling you've been here a long time, more than one lifetime, and that you've dwelt in private places none of the rest of us has even dreamed about.” LongSometimesFeelingsLong TimeLifetimeCounty Author:Robert James Waller
“The curse of modern times is the preponderance of male hormones in places where they can do long-term damage. Even if were not talking about wars between nations or assaults on nature, there's still that aggressiveness that keeps us apart from each other and the problems we need to be working on.” IfsNeedsLongStillsWarProblemNationsTermCan DoTalkingModernMalesCurseLong TermDamageAggressionAssaultNot TalkingHormonesModern TimesAggressiveness Author:Robert James Waller
