"...and the distance between them, millimeters only, the space of a breath, opened up and deepened, became a cavern at whose edge he stood."

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Source : Kim Edwards (2006). “The Memory Keeper's Daughter: A Novel”, p.119, Penguin

Kim Edwards

#Distance Quotes #Space Quotes #Caverns Quotes

“I like people who refuse to speak until they are ready to speak.”

Source : "Untamed Tongues : Wild Words from Wild Women". Book by Autumn Stephens (p. 132), 1993.
“People only know what they see on TV.”
“Love is when you fry the other person's bacon even if you're a vegetarian.”
“A woman ... all beautiful and accomplished will, while her hand and heart are undisposed of, turn the heads and set the circle in which she moves on fire. Let her marry, and what is the consequence? The madness ceases and all is quiet again. Why? Not because there is any diminution in the charms of the lady, but because there is an end of hope.”
“I would really hate to have e-mail. It's bad enough with all the mail I get.”

Source : "Marian McPartland At 86". Interview with Lazaro Vega, www.allaboutjazz.com. July 22, 2004.
“It is not difficult to know a thing; what is difficult is to know how to use what you know”
“Second star to the right and straight on 'til morning.”
“If Jesus came back today, and saw what was going on in his name, he'd never stop throwing up.”

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