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And in the background of Early's story was her voice. Her soul. Her sadness and longing. Because when it's raining, it's always Billie Holiday. p. 81 -- Clare Vanderpool
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For crying out loud, Baker, what rock have you been living under? Oh, yeah, you're from Kansas. He said it as if Kansas were in some remote tribal region inhabited by illiterate natives like the ones in my National Geographic magazines. -- Clare Vanderpool
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Connecting the dots. That's what Mom said stargazing is all about. It's the same up there as it is down here, Jackie. You have to look for the things that connect us all. Find the ways our paths cross, our lives intersect, and our hearts collide. -- Clare Vanderpool
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They asked him questions he had never thought of: What is more important, the soul or the mind? Are we responsible for each other or only ourselves? Is there such a thing as mystery, or only that which is not yet understood? -- Clare Vanderpool
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Finding your way doesn't mean you always know where you're going. It's knowing how to find your way back home that's important. -- Clare Vanderpool
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Fly fishing is not about catching the fish. It is about enjoying the water, the breeze, the fish swimming all around. If you catch one, good. If you don't ... that is even better. That mean you come out and get to try all over again. -- Clare Vanderpool
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No, the sky, it is not a contest or an exam. The only question is, can you look up? Can you take it all in? -- Clare Vanderpool
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Eustasia Johannsen was ready. Anyone could see that. Everything about her ancient self gave evidence to it: Her skin, wrinkled and transparent ... But mainly, it was her eyes. They were drawn into her face as if her memories occupied more of her sight than what was actually in front of her. -- Clare Vanderpool
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This was a land of lost souls. Human beings who had weathered great storms in life, had suffered unspeakable loss, had been put to painful tests of existence, and still remained standing - but just barely. -- Clare Vanderpool
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We'd all agreed that we'd outgrown jumping rope, but Shady had given me such a nice gift of a skipping rope, and when there's nothing better to do, I guess you go back to what once felt good. -- Clare Vanderpool
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Suddenly, the double doors of the parlor whooshed open. A large fleshy woman stood before me in full regalia. Her eyes were all made up, earrings and bracelets jangling. The sign in the window said Miss Sadie was a medium. From the look of her, I'd say that was a bit wishful. -- Clare Vanderpool
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Still, the question remained. Was he straitjacket strange or just go-off-by-yourself-at-recess-and-put-bugs-in-your-nose strange? -- Clare Vanderpool
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If there is such a thing as a universal
and I wasn't ready to throw all of mine out the window
it's that there is power in a story. And if someone pays you such a kindness as to make up a tale so you'll enjoy a gingersnap, you go along with that story and enjoy every last bite. -- Clare Vanderpool
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Who would dream that one can love without being crushed under the weight of it? -- Clare Vanderpool
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Louis Armstrong on Mondays, Frank Sinatra on Wednesdays, Glenn Miller on Fridays, and Mozart on Sundays. Unless it was raining. If it's raining, it's always Billie Holiday. -- Clare Vanderpool
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Arthur Devlin, you and my husband may have been in the same grade, but you were never in the same class. -- Clare Vanderpool
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Maybe that was how I found comfort just then, even with him being so far away. By remembering the flavor of his words. -- Clare Vanderpool
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Remember when Manifest seemed a place too far away to ever get back to? A place too good to be real. A place one was proud to call home. Remember? For those of us who made it home, let us always remember. And for those who didn't come home, let us never forget. -- Clare Vanderpool
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Finally, Gunner spoke, his voice so fluid and moving, it could have come from the river itself. I once hear a poem about angling. It say when you send out your line, it is like you cast out your troubles to let the current carry them away. I keep casting. -- Clare Vanderpool
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As the ocean tugged me at my feet, i realized that Early Auden, that strangest of boys, had saved me from being swept away. -- Clare Vanderpool
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You're right," Early said. "Those are two different things."
"What are?", I asked, surprised that he thought I was right about ANYTHING.
"Dying and sleeping. A person should be able to do one without the other sneaking up on him. -- Clare Vanderpool
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Which would you rather be, Jackie? Angry mad or crazy mad? I think I'd rather be crazy mad, because you can be crazy and still happy. -- Clare Vanderpool
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Maybe the world wasn't made of universals that could be summed up in neat little packages. Maybe there were just people. People who were tired and hurt and lonely and kind in their own way and their own time. -- Clare Vanderpool
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But my mom shook her head at him and said to me, Yes, you made your bed, but for heaven's sakes, don't just lie in it! -- Clare Vanderpool
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When there is suffering, we look for a reason. That reason is easiest found within oneself. -- Clare Vanderpool
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Fly-fishing is the sport of the thinkers and the dreamers," Gunnar said. "It is the contemplative man's recreation. -- Clare Vanderpool
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Memories were like sunshine. They warmed you up and left a pleasant glow, but you couldn't hold them. -- Clare Vanderpool
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But as anyone worth his salt knows, it's best to get a look at a place before it gets a look at you. -- Clare Vanderpool
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The person you encounter is often more than the person you see. -- Clare Vanderpool
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I'd heard of really bad things Klan folks did to Negroes. Mean, hateful, deadly things. I didn't know they were hateful toward white folks too. -- Clare Vanderpool
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They call themselves the Ku Klux Klan and they hate pretty much everyone who isn't like them. If you have the wrong color, religion, or birthplace, they don't like you. Around here it's mostly foreigners they hate. -- Clare Vanderpool
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Don't Moan About -- Clare Vanderpool
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a mother's love is fierce. -- Clare Vanderpool
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Sometimes it's best not to see your whole path laid out before you. Let life surprise you ... There are more stars out there than just the ones with names. And they're all beautiful. -- Clare Vanderpool
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We're part of the same constellation, your father and I -- Clare Vanderpool
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There are no coincidences. Just miracles by the boatload. -- Clare Vanderpool
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You know how men are. When they don't feel good, the world comes to a standstill. -- Clare Vanderpool
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They certainly know their stuff, and any remaining mistakes or intentional variations from the factual are my own doing. In fact, why don't we just say any variations from the factual are intentional and call it good. -- Clare Vanderpool