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"There are people; tiny and distinct. They fly and walk and float and run. They are alone. They are together. They wander the summits. They swim in the rivers and sea. They walk hand in hand in the parks, in the squares, disappear into the buildings. They are silent."

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"Her fingernails used to be pink and clear. Now they seashells, salt pitted and yellow.

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“You better watch out, boy. He used to look at me like that. And then he left me”

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Leonie says "Maybe I'm too selfish."

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Michael burns the bacon so Jojo has to make food for Kayla.

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Michael hits Kayla

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"how he cried one day after the spill, when he heard about how all of them was dying off"

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Jojo says "I apologize until she quiets to hiccups, until I know she can hear me."

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"She hates me." "No, she love you. She don't know how to show it. And her love for herself and her love for Michael- well it gets in the way. It confuses her."

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Richie is singing songs without words.

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“we call her Kayla.”

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"I don't know if its something I did. Or if it's something that's in Leonie. But she aint got the mothering instinct." KD

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"Because we don't walk no straight lines. It's all happening at once. All of it. We all here at once"
D.S.

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Pop’s lighter: “bright as a lighthouse beacon as it flashed in the dark. “I skipped the steps and leapt up to the porch”

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"She can and she's listening to me, hearing me the same way I hear Kaya when she's upset

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"All the hope on his face, plain in the circle of his mouth, his wide-open eyes, the wrinkle of his forehead... and he's a cat then, fresh-born, milk-hungry, creeping towards someone he'd die without."

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"Some scientists for BP said this didn't have nothing to do with the oil, that sometimes this is what happens to animals: they die for unexpected reasons. Sometimes a lot of them. Sometimes all at once... and when the scientists said that, I thought about humans. Because humans is animals."

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"The bugs shush for him with every word."

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“In the bright light of the day the shadow swallows him: cool dark bayou water, the color of mud - tepid and blinding.  He moves and he is a of a piece with the darkness.”

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“I hope I fed you enough.  While I’m here.  So you carry it with you. Like a camel.” ...”like a well Jojo.  Pull that water up when you need it.”

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"Because we don't walk no straight lines. It's all happening at once. All of it. We all here at once."

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"Watching this family grabs me inside, twists and pulls tight. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts so much I can't look at it, so I don't. I go outside."

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"See your face every day. Like the sun."

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Mam hears Richie singing

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Michael calls Jojo son

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"I just want you and Michaela to know that I'm here. I'm here to stay. nd I missed y'all."

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"I never wanted you t be hungry, Jojo. That's why I tried. I would do it if she wouldn't."

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“Mama looks at Leonie with so much understanding and forgiveness and love that I hear the song again; I know that singing.  I have heard it from the golden place across the waters.  A great mouth opens in me and wails; i am an empty stomach. The scaly bird lands on the windowsill and caws”

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Connection and comfort between the characters

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Connection and comfort between the characters