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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.”

451. “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.”

452. “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.”

453. “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.”

454. “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.”

455. “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’.”

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

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

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

458. “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.”

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

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

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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.”

461. “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.”

462. “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.”

463. “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.”

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

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

465. “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.”

466. “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.”

467. “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.”

468. “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: “Why would Chase open this one in the.”

469. “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.”

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

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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.”

471. “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.”

472. “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.”

473. “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: “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.”

474. “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.”

475. “Pennies and Grits 1956.”

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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.”

476. “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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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.”

477. “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.”

478. “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: “Yeah, we all got magnolia mouth, being from the North Carolina sticks, but we have to try.”

479. “Yeah, we all got magnolia mouth, being from the North Carolina sticks, but we have to try.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “It’s a two-day job, so we’ll have to stay overnight.”

480. “It’s a two-day job, so we’ll have to stay overnight.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Talvez alguns sonhos devessem simplesmente passar.”

481. “Talvez alguns sonhos devessem simplesmente passar.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “A lesser male needs to shout to be noticed.”

482. “A lesser male needs to shout to be noticed.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “She cooked a Southern supper as Ma would have: black-eyed peas with red onions, fried ham, cornbread with cracklin’, butter beans cooked in butter and milk. Blackberry cobbler with hard cream with some bourbon Jodie brought.”

483. “She cooked a Southern supper as Ma would have: black-eyed peas with red onions, fried ham, cornbread with cracklin’, butter beans cooked in butter and milk. Blackberry cobbler with hard cream with some bourbon Jodie brought.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Failure was an option we simply could not afford. We had invested all our savings -our dreams and our pride- in this venture. There was no reason to turn around; there was nothing to go back to.”

484. “Failure was an option we simply could not afford. We had invested all our savings -our dreams and our pride- in this venture. There was no reason to turn around; there was nothing to go back to.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “A small covey gathered around Chase’s parents. Patti Love wept. Sarah Singletary scowled like everybody else but discovered that she was greatly relieved. Miss Pansy hoped no one saw her jaw relax. A lone tear trailed down Mrs. Culpepper’s cheek, and then a shadow smile for the little swamp truant escaping again.”

485. “A small covey gathered around Chase’s parents. Patti Love wept. Sarah Singletary scowled like everybody else but discovered that she was greatly relieved. Miss Pansy hoped no one saw her jaw relax. A lone tear trailed down Mrs. Culpepper’s cheek, and then a shadow smile for the little swamp truant escaping again.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Autumn leaves don’t fall, they fly. They take their time and wander on this their only chance to soar.”

486. “Autumn leaves don’t fall, they fly. They take their time and wander on this their only chance to soar.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “She had no notion how to talk to kids, certainly not to a teacher, but she wanted to learn to read and what came after twenty-nine.”

487. “She had no notion how to talk to kids, certainly not to a teacher, but she wanted to learn to read and what came after twenty-nine.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “She could read anything now, he said, and once you can read anything you can learn everything. It was up to her. “Nobody’s come close to filling their brains,” he said. “We’re all like giraffes not using their necks to reach the higher leaves.”

488. “She could read anything now, he said, and once you can read anything you can learn everything. It was up to her. “Nobody’s come close to filling their brains,” he said. “We’re all like giraffes not using their necks to reach the higher leaves.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Months passed, winter easing gently into place, as southern winters do. The sun, warm as a blanket, wrapped Kya’s shoulders, coaxing her deeper into the marsh. Sometimes she heard night-sounds she didn’t know or jumped from lightning too close, but whenever she stumbled, it was the land that caught her. Until at last, at some unclaimed moment, the heart-pain seeped away like water into sand. Still there, but deep. Kya laid her hand upon the breathing, wet earth, and the marsh became her mother.”

489. “Months passed, winter easing gently into place, as southern winters do. The sun, warm as a blanket, wrapped Kya’s shoulders, coaxing her deeper into the marsh. Sometimes she heard night-sounds she didn’t know or jumped from lightning too close, but whenever she stumbled, it was the land that caught her. Until at last, at some unclaimed moment, the heart-pain seeped away like water into sand. Still there, but deep. Kya laid her hand upon the breathing, wet earth, and the marsh became her mother.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “She insisted on keeping the kitchen as it was and the exterior unpainted, so that the dwelling, more of a cabin now, remained weathered and real.”

490. “She insisted on keeping the kitchen as it was and the exterior unpainted, so that the dwelling, more of a cabin now, remained weathered and real.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “As they climbed, the round corners of the world moved out farther and farther, the lush, rounded forests and watery marsh expanding to the very rims.”

491. “As they climbed, the round corners of the world moved out farther and farther, the lush, rounded forests and watery marsh expanding to the very rims.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “In a whisper, she asked, “Who’s who?”

492. “In a whisper, she asked, “Who’s who?”

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