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1 " Ghosts were not the spirits of the dead returning but the memories of the living not yet laid to rest. "
― Nevada Barr , Ill Wind (Anna Pigeon, #3)
2 " Anna was too old to believe that people always lied for a reason. Mostly they lied because it was easy, felt good, or was habit. "
3 " shock of black hair. “Or are rangers’ sex drives too low?” “IQs are too "
4 " Widowhood conferred a mystery and status divorce lacked. The difference between returning World War II and Vietnam veterans. Both had been through a war, but a judgmental public conferred glory only on those who had been victimized in a socially acceptable manner. "
5 " Only humans, cursed with the knowledge of their own mortality and that of those whom they loved, were truly alone; each trapped in an ivory tower of skull and bone peeking out through the windows of the soul. THE "
6 " In the lowlands around Lake Superior weather fronts, with their attendant changes in pressure, gave her headaches. Not so the mountain storms. Cracking thunder and flashing lightning filled the air with ozone till it tingled in the lungs, rejuvenating body and spirit much the same as the air at the seaside or near waterfalls. "
7 " In a culture dominated, if not by violence, then certainly by overheated reports of it dished out by a ratings-starved news media, it reassured her that the love of peace and natural order was still extant in the human soul. "
