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“Broken locks and bruised knees and borrowed lipgloss and rain on the streets”

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Rebecca Godfrey is a novelist known for her unique literary style and emotional expression in her works. Details about her life and works are limited at this time. more

“Let’s think of reverence as awe, as presence in and openness to the world…Try walking around with a child who’s going, ‘Wow, wow! Look at that dirty dog! Look at that burned-down house! Look at that red sky!’ And the child points, and you look, and you see, and you start going, ‘Wow! Look at that huge crazy hedge! Look at that teeny little baby! Look at the scary dark cloud!’ I think this is how we are supposed to be in the world – present and in awe.”

Thinking World Trying Looks Children Littles House Dark Sky Crazy Dog Huge Baby Walking Red Clouds Scary Supposed To Be Dirty Awe Openness Wow Reverence Burned Dark Clouds

Author:Anne Lamott

“Now, if you ask me, what’s going on is that we’re all up to here in it, and probably the most important thing is that we not yell at one another.”

Ifs Important Asks Important Things Ask Me

Book:Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

Source: Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

“You can look at the words on this paper and, because they are the ones I am used to choosing, they will show you the shape of me. I am here to be read in the way you might read the impression of my weight in a bed after a still night, a restless night, a night not alone.”

Way Looks Stills Shows Might Used Night Shapes Bed Paper Weight Impression Restless Not Alone Restless Nights

Book:Original Bliss

Source: Original Bliss

“Look at me. We aren´t them lauren. You´re not your mother or father any more than I´m my mother. You´re you and I´m me and I love you.”

Looks Mother Father Love You Look At Me Lauren

Author:Elizabeth Scott

“I'll tell you what love is" I said, "It is blind devotion, unquestioning self humiliation, utter submission, trust and belief against yourself and against the whole world, giving up your heart and soul to the smiter.”

World Love Giving Heart Said Soul Self Whole Belief Friendship Love Is Giving Up Blind Devotion Whole World Humiliation Submission Heart And Soul Great Expectations Havisham

Author:Jasper Fforde

“I belong to the 8% of the world population who calm their apprehension by drowning it in numbers.”

World Numbers Calm Population Drowning Apprehension World Population

Author:Muriel Barbery

“I am stuffing your mouth with your promises and watching you vomit them out upon my face.”

Truth Faces Promise Mouths

Book:45 Mercy Street

Source: 45 Mercy Street

“"When the dead are done with the living, the living can go on to other things," Franny said. "What about the dead?" I asked. "Where do we go?"”

Said Done Goes On Bones Lovely Bones

Author:Alice Sebold

“When I'm with you, bells go off in my head like a moving truck that's backing up.”

Moving Bells Truck Backing Up

Book:The Jodi Picoult Collection #3: Vanishing Acts, The Tenth Circle, and Nineteen Minutes

Source: The Jodi Picoult Collection #3: Vanishing Acts, The Tenth Circle, and Nineteen Minutes

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