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love can really multiply that hurt and pass it
aroundPain is the biggest power of loveThat's
what Wireman says
"See anything green, sweetheart?" I asked
"No, I was just thinking again how glad I am that
I cameI pictured you rotting away between an old
folks' retirement home and some horrible tiki bar
featuring Wet Tee-Shirt ThursdaysI guess I've
been reading too much Carl Hiaasen
"There are plenty of places like that down here,"
I said
"And are there other places like Duma?"
"I don't know But based on what
Jack had told me, I guessed that there were not
"Well, you deserve this one," she said"Time to
rest and healAnd if all this" - she waved to the
Gulf - "won't heal you, I don't know what will
"Ye-ess?" I said, and made a picking-out gesture
at the air with two fingersFamilies have their
own interior language, and that includes signlanguage
My gesture would have meant nothing to
an outsider, but Ilse knew and laughed
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"All right, smartyThe only fly in the ointment
is the sound the tide makes when it comes inI
woke up in the middle of the night and almost
screamed before I realized it was the shells
moving around in the waterI mean, that's it,
right? Please tell me that's itWhat did you think it was?"
She actually shiveredwas skeletons on paradeHundreds,
marching around the house
I'd never thought of it that way, but I knew what
she meant"I find it sort of soothin
