Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Birds of America

by Lorrie Moore

Quotes to think about:

"A beginning, an end: there seems to be neither. The whole thing is like a cloud that just lands and everywhere inside it is full of rain" (Moore 212).

"What words can be uttered? You turn just slightly and thee it is: the death of your child" (Moore 220).

"It's a fast but wimpy tumor" (Moore 227).

"He feels like a heart attack, a failure of will and courage: power failure of everything" (Moore 219).

"The Baby smiles, even toddles around a little, the sun bursting through the clouds, an angel chorus crescendoing" (Moore 248).

"'Let's make our own way,' says the mother, 'and not in this boat" (Moore 249).

"A child's illness is a strain on the mind. They know how to laugh in fluty, desperate way--unlike the people who are more her husband's friends and who seem just to deepen their sorrowful gazes, nodding their heads with Sympathy" (Moore 243).


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