Story Of Edgar Sawtelle Quotes & Sayings

I am not a cynic. I love you, I love the world and I love it more with every new inch I discover. But you are a black boy, and you must be responsible for your body in a way that other boys cannot know. Indeed, you must be responsible for the worst actions of other black bodies, which, somehow, will always be assigned to you. And you must be responsible for the bodies of the powerful-the policeman who cracks you with a nightstick will quickly find his excuse in your furtive movements. And this is not reducible to just you-the women around you must be responsible for their bodies in a way that you never will know. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

In that dilated moment after sunset when the sky holds all the light ... — David Wroblewski

Shaking herself, Petunia looked around. Several of her sisters had been talking to her, but she hadn't heard them. "And that answers our questions about why he gave himself up," Poppy was saying, a smile turning up one corner of her mouth as she looked at Petunia. "Now if everyone could please avoid saying his name [Oliver], so that Petunia doesn't drift off again ... ? — Jessica Day George

The wife watched her neighbor get fat over the next year. The Germans have a word for that. Kummerspeck. Literally, grief bacon. — Jenny Offill

Edgar Sawtelle is a boy without a voice, but his world, populated by the dogs his family breeds, is anything but silent. This is a remarkable story about the language of friendship - a language that transcends words. — Dalia Sofer

When she walked through the woods (infrequently now) she picked her way along the path, making way for the boy inside to run along before her. It could be hard to choose the time outside over the time within. Almondine from The Story of Edgar Sawtelle — David Wroblewski

Aretha Franklin's 'Let Me in Your Life' is one of the few recent R&B albums that places the emphasis entirely and deservedly on a voice. Many R&B producers have been making records on which the singer is outshined by the song, the arrangement and the sound. — Jon Landau

There is, incidently, no way of talking about cats that enables one to come off as a sane person. — Dan Greenberg

I have decided to give my support to Theresa May. I intend to work closely with her, to campaign for her and I'm sure she'll be a very fine prime minister of this country. — Liam Fox

Daniel had no idea what was happening to him. He felt sick. No, he didn't feel sick. He didn't feel sick. That was the problem. Or, it wasn't a problem. Was it? Was it a problem when you didn't feel normal, and that made you smile because normal never really felt right anyway? — Allie Burke

Hug me and you will see the moon. Love me and I will bring the moon to you! — Kelly Clark

History is various and sinuous and no essential part of the human spirit is ever wholly absent from it. — Benedetto Croce

Kindness is the master key which opens the gates of inner bliss. — Debasish Mridha