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Anne Tyler Quote: “This is what families do for each other – hide a few uncomfortable truths, allow a few self-deceptions. Little kindnesses.” “And little cruelties,” he said.”

201. “This is what families do for each other – hide a few uncomfortable truths, allow a few self-deceptions. Little kindnesses.” “And little cruelties,” he said.”

Anne Tyler Quote: “It occurred to him, not for the first time, that prophetic dreams were not much use if their meaning emerged only in hindsight.”

202. “It occurred to him, not for the first time, that prophetic dreams were not much use if their meaning emerged only in hindsight.”

Anne Tyler Quote: “In the foyer an array of mailboxes lined one wall, and sliding heaps of flyers and takeout menus covered the rickety bench beneath them. Kate walked past several offices, but only the Christians for Buddha door stood open.”

203. “In the foyer an array of mailboxes lined one wall, and sliding heaps of flyers and takeout menus covered the rickety bench beneath them. Kate walked past several offices, but only the Christians for Buddha door stood open.”

Anne Tyler Quote: “People tended to be very spendthrift with their language, Kate had noticed. They used a lot more words than they needed to. She.”

204. “People tended to be very spendthrift with their language, Kate had noticed. They used a lot more words than they needed to. She.”

Anne Tyler Quote: “So maybe parenthood was meant to be educational, Robin thought – a lesson for the parents on totally other styles of being.”

205. “So maybe parenthood was meant to be educational, Robin thought – a lesson for the parents on totally other styles of being.”

Anne Tyler Quote: “My wife used to say that her idea of hell would be marrying Ghandi,” Ben said... “Think about it: Ghandi was always the good one. Everyone else looked so rude and loud and self-centered by comparison.”

206. “My wife used to say that her idea of hell would be marrying Ghandi,” Ben said... “Think about it: Ghandi was always the good one. Everyone else looked so rude and loud and self-centered by comparison.”

Anne Tyler Quote: “It’s never too late to do what you want to do.’ Remember that.”

207. “It’s never too late to do what you want to do.’ Remember that.”

Anne Tyler Quote: “Marriage was often a matter of dexterity, in Willa’s experience.”

208. “Marriage was often a matter of dexterity, in Willa’s experience.”

Anne Tyler Quote: “Nobody would ever again focus his whole attention on her. Nobody would take on that watchful, appreciative look when she walked into a room.”

209. “Nobody would ever again focus his whole attention on her. Nobody would take on that watchful, appreciative look when she walked into a room.”

Anne Tyler Quote: “Some kids are raised in a mess,” Ada said, “and they say, ‘When I’m on my own, I’ll be neater than God.’ Others are raised in a mess and they say, ‘Life is a mess, looks like, and that’s just the way it is.’ It’s got nothing to do with their upbringing.”

210. “Some kids are raised in a mess,” Ada said, “and they say, ‘When I’m on my own, I’ll be neater than God.’ Others are raised in a mess and they say, ‘Life is a mess, looks like, and that’s just the way it is.’ It’s got nothing to do with their upbringing.”

Anne Tyler Quote: “One sad thing about this world is that the acts that take the most out of you are usually the ones that people will never know about.”

211. “One sad thing about this world is that the acts that take the most out of you are usually the ones that people will never know about.”

Anne Tyler Quote: “Kate wondered why they were both contemplating careers they were so unsuited for.”

212. “Kate wondered why they were both contemplating careers they were so unsuited for.”

Anne Tyler Quote: “Everything was harried and nightmarish and yet the same small practical things were going on at the same time.”

213. “Everything was harried and nightmarish and yet the same small practical things were going on at the same time.”

Anne Tyler Quote: “Consider the gene pool,” she told him. “This country was settled by dissidents and malcontents and misfits and adventurers. Thorny people. They don’t always follow the etiquette.”

214. “Consider the gene pool,” she told him. “This country was settled by dissidents and malcontents and misfits and adventurers. Thorny people. They don’t always follow the etiquette.”

Anne Tyler Quote: “You would think this realization would come as a relief to him. And it did, in part. He felt a rush of love for his whole family, whom it seemed he had underestimated. He had thought that guarding his secret was a kindness to them; he was protecting them from knowledge that would hurt them. But now he saw that not telling them had been more hurtful, and it was they who had been kind.”

215. “You would think this realization would come as a relief to him. And it did, in part. He felt a rush of love for his whole family, whom it seemed he had underestimated. He had thought that guarding his secret was a kindness to them; he was protecting them from knowledge that would hurt them. But now he saw that not telling them had been more hurtful, and it was they who had been kind.”

Anne Tyler Quote: “Someday I’d like to be given credit for all the times I have not said something that I could have said.”

216. “Someday I’d like to be given credit for all the times I have not said something that I could have said.”

Anne Tyler Quote: “I’ll lose all my funding and I’ll have to close the lab and drive a taxi for a living.” “Heaven forbid!” Uncle Theron said in real horror, and Bunny said, “You’re going to make me drop out of school and get a job, aren’t you. You’re going to make me go to work serving raw bloody sirloins in some steakhouse.” Kate wondered why they were both contemplating careers they were so unsuited for.”

217. “I’ll lose all my funding and I’ll have to close the lab and drive a taxi for a living.” “Heaven forbid!” Uncle Theron said in real horror, and Bunny said, “You’re going to make me drop out of school and get a job, aren’t you. You’re going to make me go to work serving raw bloody sirloins in some steakhouse.” Kate wondered why they were both contemplating careers they were so unsuited for.”

Anne Tyler Quote: “There were advantages to being a girl and having nothing much expected of you.”

218. “There were advantages to being a girl and having nothing much expected of you.”

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