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“You know, for a while there we kept horses for the boys, and we had a mare that had broken down. Couldn't ride it... You could feed it and brush it and water it and all. Sometimes, I've thought that's what most marriages get to. A horse you still care a little about but cannot any longer ride.”

Marriage Caring Divorce Separation

Book:To Be Sung Underwater

Source: To Be Sung Underwater

“But that is the way of the world, is it not? Every day a child steps away from the parent by the littlest distance, perhaps just the width of a mouse-whisker, but every day it happens and the days go by, one after another after another”

Growing Up Parenting

Book:Far Far Away

Source: Far Far Away

“It's like picking the place you're going to live for the next fifty years by using a wall map, a blindfold, and what you really, truly, deeply believe is your lucky dart.' Sullenly Judith said, `I don't believe I have a lucky dart,' and her mother cast an unhappy smile her way and said, `You will, though.”

Love Marriage Decisions Marriage Advice

Book:To Be Sung Underwater

Source: To Be Sung Underwater

“She was surprised at how deflating his presence was.”

Relationships Boredom Apathy Companionship

Book:To Be Sung Underwater

Source: To Be Sung Underwater