9 Quotes by Ellyn Bache




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    You move forward. You face up to your challenges. You don't retreat. You're young, and sometimes you'll wish you could. But don't.

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    Why was I standing on the street when the window feel out of the building? Why did the bus run over me? Because it was my turn in the barrel, that's why.

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    Talk about anything long enough, and you cut it down to size.

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    What kind of religion would celebrate its High Holidays by reading about a biblical figure as heartless as Abraham – a classic case of paranoid schizophrenia, in Iona’s opinion – who nearly killed his son because he heard voices in his head and was rescued from the dirty deed only by other voices?

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    There is a certain point – she has known this since her father-in-law’s long battle with heart disease – when a person begins to die in earnest. There is a hollowness about them. They begin to retreat. She has seen this, and she knows.

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    Courtney leans into Andrea, buries her face in Andrea’s shoulder. Andrea pats her daughter’s back. Courtney blubbers. Courtney sobs. Courtney wails. It is the best thing that has happened in months.

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