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Delia Owens Quote: “Without another word, he got in his boat and motored across the lagoon. Just before entering the thick brambles of the channel, he turned and waved. She lifted her hand high above her head, and then touched it to her heart.”

451. “Without another word, he got in his boat and motored across the lagoon. Just before entering the thick brambles of the channel, he turned and waved. She lifted her hand high above her head, and then touched it to her heart.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “In the distance, the sea and sky sang too bright for this serious ground.”

452. “In the distance, the sea and sky sang too bright for this serious ground.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “She anchored him hard with her eyes. Afraid to go near him, afraid not to.”

453. “She anchored him hard with her eyes. Afraid to go near him, afraid not to.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “But in her twenty-second year, more than a year after Chase and Pearl announced their engagement, she walked the sandy lane, blistering with heat, to the mailbox every day and looked inside. Finally one morning, she found a bulky manila envelope and slid the contents – an advance copy of The Sea Shells of the Eastern Seaboard, by Catherine Danielle Clark – into her hands. She breathed in, no one to show it to.”

454. “But in her twenty-second year, more than a year after Chase and Pearl announced their engagement, she walked the sandy lane, blistering with heat, to the mailbox every day and looked inside. Finally one morning, she found a bulky manila envelope and slid the contents – an advance copy of The Sea Shells of the Eastern Seaboard, by Catherine Danielle Clark – into her hands. She breathed in, no one to show it to.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Kya wondered who started using the word cell instead of cage.”

455. “Kya wondered who started using the word cell instead of cage.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Kya was the youngest of five, the others much older, though later she couldn’t recall their ages.”

456. “Kya was the youngest of five, the others much older, though later she couldn’t recall their ages.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Now at last Kya could label all her precious specimens. She took each feather, insect, shell, or.”

457. “Now at last Kya could label all her precious specimens. She took each feather, insect, shell, or.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “From the Marsh Girl Tate read the words, then turned away, staring.”

458. “From the Marsh Girl Tate read the words, then turned away, staring.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “And later, just as she forgot their ages, she couldn’t remember their real names, only that they were called Missy, Murph, and Mandy.”

459. “And later, just as she forgot their ages, she couldn’t remember their real names, only that they were called Missy, Murph, and Mandy.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “And yet here was an extra spark plug, to be set aside until needed. A surplus. Her heart filled up.”

460. “And yet here was an extra spark plug, to be set aside until needed. A surplus. Her heart filled up.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “She knew it wasn’t Chase she mourned, but a.”

461. “She knew it wasn’t Chase she mourned, but a.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Joe held up a red wool hat. “Where’d you find that?” “Right here, hangin’ on this row of hooks with these coats, other hats, and stuff.”

462. “Joe held up a red wool hat. “Where’d you find that?” “Right here, hangin’ on this row of hooks with these coats, other hats, and stuff.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “She knew it wasn’t Chase she mourned, but a life defined by rejections. As the sky and clouds struggled overhead, she said out loud, “I have to do life alone. But I knew this. I’ve known a long time that people don’t stay.”

463. “She knew it wasn’t Chase she mourned, but a life defined by rejections. As the sky and clouds struggled overhead, she said out loud, “I have to do life alone. But I knew this. I’ve known a long time that people don’t stay.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “No fancy dining room could compare to that, and the coon balls offered more spice and flare than almond-crusted trout.”

464. “No fancy dining room could compare to that, and the coon balls offered more spice and flare than almond-crusted trout.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “A simple hope of being with someone, of actually being wanted, of being touched, had drawn her in. But these hurried groping hands were only a taking, not a sharing or giving.”

465. “A simple hope of being with someone, of actually being wanted, of being touched, had drawn her in. But these hurried groping hands were only a taking, not a sharing or giving.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Just being near him, and not even that close, had eased her tightness. For the first time since Ma and Jodie left, she breathed without pain; felt something other than the hurt. She needed this boat and that boy.”

466. “Just being near him, and not even that close, had eased her tightness. For the first time since Ma and Jodie left, she breathed without pain; felt something other than the hurt. She needed this boat and that boy.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Red Fibers 1969.”

467. “Red Fibers 1969.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “But in fact, the restaurant, with all its glitter, wasn’t nearly as grand as her favorite picnic. When she was fifteen, Tate had boated to her shack one dawn, and, after he’d wrapped a blanket around her shoulders, they cruised inland through a maze of waterways to a forest she’d never seen. They hiked a mile to the edge of a waterlogged meadow where fresh grass sprouted through mud, and there he laid the blanket under ferns as large as umbrellas.”

468. “But in fact, the restaurant, with all its glitter, wasn’t nearly as grand as her favorite picnic. When she was fifteen, Tate had boated to her shack one dawn, and, after he’d wrapped a blanket around her shoulders, they cruised inland through a maze of waterways to a forest she’d never seen. They hiked a mile to the edge of a waterlogged meadow where fresh grass sprouted through mud, and there he laid the blanket under ferns as large as umbrellas.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “He’d convinced Maria that living in a cabin his father had built as a fishing retreat on the coast of North Carolina would be a new start.”

469. “He’d convinced Maria that living in a cabin his father had built as a fishing retreat on the coast of North Carolina would be a new start.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “The owner, an old black man, sprang up from his chair to help them – the reason everybody called him Jumpin’.”

470. “The owner, an old black man, sprang up from his chair to help them – the reason everybody called him Jumpin’.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Chase’s blue eyes were playful; he smiled easily.”

471. “Chase’s blue eyes were playful; he smiled easily.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “They sat there like that, quietly. Not remembering.”

472. “They sat there like that, quietly. Not remembering.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Unfortunately gravity holds no sway on human thought.”

473. “Unfortunately gravity holds no sway on human thought.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Her heart beat wildly. Of all the ragged loves she’d known from wayward family, none had felt like this.”

474. “Her heart beat wildly. Of all the ragged loves she’d known from wayward family, none had felt like this.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Faces change with life’s toll, but eyes remain a window to what was, and she could see him there. “Jodie, I’m so.”

475. “Faces change with life’s toll, but eyes remain a window to what was, and she could see him there. “Jodie, I’m so.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Yes, Chase had laid out a banquet, but she was worth more than fried chicken.”

476. “Yes, Chase had laid out a banquet, but she was worth more than fried chicken.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Autumn was coming; the evergreens might not have noticed, but the sycamores did.”

477. “Autumn was coming; the evergreens might not have noticed, but the sycamores did.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “But this time there was laughter and love.”

478. “But this time there was laughter and love.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Who decides the time to die?”

479. “Who decides the time to die?”

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Delia Owens Quote: “The Game 1960 The next noon, hands on her cheeks, Kya approached the stump slowly, almost in prayer. But no feather on the stump. Her lips pinched. “A’ course. I gotta leave something for him.”

480. “The Game 1960 The next noon, hands on her cheeks, Kya approached the stump slowly, almost in prayer. But no feather on the stump. Her lips pinched. “A’ course. I gotta leave something for him.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “White Canoe 1960.”

481. “White Canoe 1960.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “I brought them in case you were still here. Rosemary sent these to me. She said that for years, day and night, Ma painted us.”

482. “I brought them in case you were still here. Rosemary sent these to me. She said that for years, day and night, Ma painted us.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Oh, by the way,” Chase said. “I have to drive over to Asheville in a few days to buy goods for the.”

483. “Oh, by the way,” Chase said. “I have to drive over to Asheville in a few days to buy goods for the.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “The sheriff was silent a few seconds. “I don’t know. Maybe I’m getting old and soft at the grand ol’ age of fifty-one. But running down a woman with hounds for questioning doesn’t seem right. It’s fine for escaped convicts, people already convicted of some crime. But, like everybody else, she’s innocent until proven guilty, and I can’t see setting hounds on a female suspect. Maybe as a last resort, but not yet.”

484. “The sheriff was silent a few seconds. “I don’t know. Maybe I’m getting old and soft at the grand ol’ age of fifty-one. But running down a woman with hounds for questioning doesn’t seem right. It’s fine for escaped convicts, people already convicted of some crime. But, like everybody else, she’s innocent until proven guilty, and I can’t see setting hounds on a female suspect. Maybe as a last resort, but not yet.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “For months Ma was mute, didn’t speak one word. She stayed in her old room in her parents’ home, barely eating. Of course, they had doctors come out, but no one could help her. Ma’s father contacted the sheriff in Barkley Cove to ask if Ma’s children were all right, but his office said they didn’t even try to keep track of the marsh people.”

485. “For months Ma was mute, didn’t speak one word. She stayed in her old room in her parents’ home, barely eating. Of course, they had doctors come out, but no one could help her. Ma’s father contacted the sheriff in Barkley Cove to ask if Ma’s children were all right, but his office said they didn’t even try to keep track of the marsh people.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Why would Chase open this one in the.”

486. “Why would Chase open this one in the.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Not knowing how to count the exact amount, she laid down the whole dollar.”

487. “Not knowing how to count the exact amount, she laid down the whole dollar.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Even male birds woo the females for a while, flashing brilliant feathers, building bowers, staging magnificent dances and love songs. Yes, Chase had laid out a banquet, but she was worth more than fried chicken. And “Dixie” didn’t count as a love song.”

488. “Even male birds woo the females for a while, flashing brilliant feathers, building bowers, staging magnificent dances and love songs. Yes, Chase had laid out a banquet, but she was worth more than fried chicken. And “Dixie” didn’t count as a love song.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Pennies and Grits 1956.”

489. “Pennies and Grits 1956.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Her carefully labeled samples, more than fifty years’ worth, was the longest-running, most complete collection of its kind. She had requested that it be donated to Archbald Lab, and someday he would do so, but parting with it now was unthinkable.”

490. “Her carefully labeled samples, more than fifty years’ worth, was the longest-running, most complete collection of its kind. She had requested that it be donated to Archbald Lab, and someday he would do so, but parting with it now was unthinkable.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “She was better off to leave ’em, heal herself up, then whelp more when she could raise ’em good.”

491. “She was better off to leave ’em, heal herself up, then whelp more when she could raise ’em good.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Slowly, she unraveled each word of the sentence: “’There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot.”

492. “Slowly, she unraveled each word of the sentence: “’There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot.”

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