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121 " Vermicelli alla siracusana "
― Barbara O'Neal , When We Believed in Mermaids
122 " I take a breath, think of those days, and again find myself telling him the truth. Maybe it’s him, or maybe it’s just time to tell someone. "
123 " One of the things I love about Hobo is that he is company at night, curling up against the crook of my knees or creeping onto my pillow to rest his face against my head, as if we are two cats. I ache for him at those moments, and I "
124 " It seems like a long time ago that I felt that young, so dewy. "
125 " I just kiss him. In the rain. On a ferry halfway around the world. Kiss him, and kiss him, and kiss him. "
126 " Do you want to know the secret of my transformation?” “Yes, please,” I whisper. “I learned to play guitar.” “And sing.” He nods. “And sing. And then, it was like a magic spell. I could sing and play, and nobody called me the little blind pig anymore "
127 " stars "
128 " We drank hot chocolate and sat on the beach in our finery, and we were mermaids with our mermaid mother. "