It was the sibling thing, I suppose. I was fascinated by the intricate tangle of love and duty and resentment that tied them together. The glances they exchanged; the complicated balance of power established over decades; the games I would never play with rules I would never fully understand. And perhaps that was key: they were such a natural group that they made me feel remarkably singular by comparison. To watch them together was to know strongly, painfully, all that I'd been missing.
Memory is a cruel mistress with whom we all must learn to dance. - Kate Morton
Memory is a cruel mistress with whom we all must learn to dance.
- Kate Morton
It's a terrible thing, isn't it, the way we throw people away? - Kate Morton
It's a terrible thing, isn't it, the way we throw people away?
He had the vague sense of standing on a threshold, the crossing of which would change everything. - Kate Morton
He had the vague sense of standing on a threshold, the crossing of which would change everything.
Cassandra always hid when she read, though she never quite knew why. It was as if she couldn't shake the guilty suspicion that she was being lazy, th… - Kate Morton
Cassandra always hid when she read, though she never quite knew why. It was as if she couldn't shake the guilty suspicion that she was being lazy, th…
Reluctance to begin is quick to befriend procrastination. . . . - Kate Morton
Reluctance to begin is quick to befriend procrastination. . . .
Nighttime is different. Things are otherwise when the world is black. Insecurities and hurts, anxieties and fears grow teeth at night. p493 - Kate Morton
Nighttime is different. Things are otherwise when the world is black. Insecurities and hurts, anxieties and fears grow teeth at night. p493
Life could be cruel enough these days without the truth making it worse. - Kate Morton
Life could be cruel enough these days without the truth making it worse.
A true friend is a light in the dark. Viven - Kate Morton
A true friend is a light in the dark. Viven
No two people will ever see or feel things in the same way, Merry. The challenge is to be truthful when you write. Don't approximate. Don't settle fo… - Kate Morton
No two people will ever see or feel things in the same way, Merry. The challenge is to be truthful when you write. Don't approximate. Don't settle fo…
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