“...even though she assured me two people could be a family, ours didn't seem complete.”
“With a book, she could at least visit with people, even if it was vicariously, even if they didn't exist beyond someone's imagination.”
“We'd been assured it wouldn't be painful, though she might experience 'discomfort,' a term beloved of the medical profession that seems to be a synonym for agony that isn't yours.”
“Even our parents seemed to agree more and more with the television version of things, listening to the reporters' inanities as though they could tell us the truth about our own lives.”
“She understood what it was like to stand right in front of people you loved, even though they could not see you.”
“Her beauty was the talk of the valley.It skipped two generations of women in our family, but it sure didn't bypass you, Laila.”