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I think buddy is man talk for sweetie.
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It does sometimes seem as if the nineteenth century hasn't reached this part of the world yet." He"
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Hmm? No, it's a photo of all these streets. The camera's way up in space." "Outer Space?" "Yeah." "Cool." Officer Oh's voice gets all excited. "Three four nine Washington, shed in the rear, lit skylight . . . Got to be." --
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Emma Donoghue |
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Your body - every body is a marvel. A wonder of creation. [...] The day you first opened your eyes, Anna, God asked just one thing: that you live.
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life
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All this reverential--I'm not a saint." Ma's voice is getting loud again. "I wish people would stop treating us like we're the only ones who ever lived through something terrible. I've been finding stuff on the Internet you wouldn't believe."
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They used to draw a skull at the bottom of a tankard, so when you'd drained it you'd be reminded you were going to die someday.
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drinking
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Wasn't it so often the girl --no matter how young-- who got blamed for having incited her molester with a look?
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Emma Donoghue |
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You must have been tortured by the memory of everything Jack didn't even know to want. Friends, school, grass, swimming, rides at the fair . . ." "Why does everyone go on about fairs?" Ma's voice is all hoarse. "When I was a kid I hated fairs." The woman does a little laugh. Ma"
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Emma Donoghue |
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You, she thought. Every flawed, scrawny,
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Emma Donoghue |
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I'd actually rather not have you thinking about that stuff every time you look at me, OK?" There's more tears rolling down Grandma. "Sweetie," she says, "all I think when I look at you is hallelujah."
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When I was a little kid I thought like a little kid, but now I'm five I know everything.
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