The knowledge of death seemed present in both sisters-it was something about the way they carried themselves, something that had broken too son and had not mended, marking them in spite of their lightheartedness.

You remind me of everything that followed.

Relationships do not preclude issues of morality.

She supposed that all those years of loving a person who was dishonest had taught her a few things.

Somehow, bad news, however ridden with static, however filled with echoes, always manages to be conveyed.

War will bring the revolution; revolution will stop the war.

A lot of my upbringing was about denying or fretting or evading.