“My mother gave me a disappointed look. Then I gave her one back. Mine was for everything, not just the sandwich.”
“She looked up at me with a look that told me everything, gave me a glimpse of everything I would be missing in one instant.”
“Addie always keeps her promises. That's why my mother gave me to her.”
“I love her. I need her. I gave away everything I had for her. I just wanted her to know me.”
“after Mother died I could look at a photograph of her till kingdom come, but it never game me back what it was to sit across the kitchen table from her flesh and bones, never gave me back the feeling, you know. The inside of the feeling.”
“My cat brought me a toy. I thanked her and threw it. She sat there gave me a look that made me realize people and dogs are the crazy ones.”