Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes

But Now, Mr. Bates Didn't Scream Or Try To Get The Truck's License Plate, Nor Did Mrs. Bates, Who Had Once Wept When We Set Off Firecrackers In Her State-fair Tulips - They Said Nothing, And Our Parents Said Nothing, So That We Sensed How Ancient They Were, How Accustomed To Trauma, Depressions, And Wars. We Realized That The Version Of The World That They Rendered For Us Was Not The World They Really Believed In, And That For All Their Caretaking And Bitching About Crabgrass They Didn't Give A Damn About Lawns.

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