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The Smell of Other People's Houses

Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock

Top 10 Best Quotes

“We don't have to be blood to be family.”

“Sometimes you can be inserted into another person's life just by witnessing something you were never really supposed to be a part of.”

“Because isn't that how forever happens- instantly?”

“It's still there- my own heart, cobbled together and a little worse for wear- but it's definitely not all beat out.”

“It suddenly dawns on me that there is a big difference between feeling tired and being weak.”

“Even after your heart breaks into a million pieces and your baby is gone, I am here to tell you- all around you the world will still go on spinning.”

“Catholics are pretty good at keeping Jesus nailed to that cross, rather than focusing more on that happy bit where he rose from the dead and freed us from sin and evil.”

“Did I stop believing in everything all at once, or was it so gradual I just didn't notice?”

“I'll never understand how certain things that happen to us can climb under our skin and make us someone new. Big things can do it — like Sam going missing. Small things can do it, too, like having a stranger fall to pieces in front of you. I'm beginning to think that everything changes us to some extent.”

“I hope she’s never smiled at anyone like that before.”

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