“she considered the possibility of telling her about everything that was happening, but then she changed her mind; people never learn anything by being told; they have to find out for themselves.”
“People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves.”
“For a while she considered being ill, but she changed her mind...”
“Ani told them all...telling more than needed telling, the stories clarifying and unifying themselves in her mind as she let them spill out of her mouth.”
“Admittedly, there was a lot she still didn't know about him, but she did know this: He completed her in a way that she'd never thought possible. Knowledge isn't everything, she told herself, and she knew then that, in Nana's words, he was the toast to her butter.”
“She had learned, in the slums of her childhood, that honest people were never touchy about the matter of being trusted.”