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“If we were a family, we were sharks in the womb, eating one another before only a few exited.”

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Book:The Gods Below

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“You remember that I’ve got you. Okay? Whenever things look rough, whenever you don’t think you can take another step and those fucking earthquakes seem to be able to tear you apart, you have to know that I’ve got you.”

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Book:Who We Are

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“And if you need to go,” Bear says, “somewhere far away from here, and you need me there, too, you know I’ll follow you. Right? It doesn’t matter when or where. I’ll follow you, Ty.”

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Book:The Art of Breathing

Source: The Art of Breathing

“Bear?” “Yeah?” “I’m doing the right thing. Right?” “About?” “Everything.” He shrugs. “I think so. I hope so. We’ll find out, I guess. And even if it’s not, and even if it doesn’t go like we think it will, then you come back to me and I’ll put you back together and make sure all the little cracks hold together.”

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“They were shocked to see this because they thought of him as a father, not a son, and they looked away and then sneaked a glance and then looked away again when he fell against me and wept, and they saw me put an arm around him and had to adjust to this, the shock of seeing him as a brother and a son.”

Book:Underworld

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“What with the lake and the railroads, and what with blizzards and floods and barn fires and forest fires and the general availability of shotguns and bear traps and homemade liquor and dynamite, what with the prevalence of lonliness and religion and the rages and ecstasies they induce, and the closeness of families, violence was inevitable.”

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Book:Housekeeping ~ by MARILYNNE ROBINSON ~ First Edition ~ 1st Printing 1980

Source: Housekeeping ~ by MARILYNNE ROBINSON ~ First Edition ~ 1st Printing 1980

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