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Delia Owens Quote: “Kya laid her hand upon the breathing, wet earth, and the marsh became her mother.”

201. “Kya laid her hand upon the breathing, wet earth, and the marsh became her mother.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Just as she had figured out most things, Kya figured out how to become a woman on her own.”

202. “Just as she had figured out most things, Kya figured out how to become a woman on her own.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Well, we better hide way out there where the crawdads sing. I pity any foster parents who take you on.” Tate’s whole face smiled.”

203. “Well, we better hide way out there where the crawdads sing. I pity any foster parents who take you on.” Tate’s whole face smiled.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Just like their whiskey, the marsh dwellers bootlegged their own laws – not like those burned onto stone tablets or inscribed on documents, but deeper ones, stamped in their genes.”

204. “Just like their whiskey, the marsh dwellers bootlegged their own laws – not like those burned onto stone tablets or inscribed on documents, but deeper ones, stamped in their genes.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Mad as a mule chewin’ bumblebees.”

205. “Mad as a mule chewin’ bumblebees.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “For miles To the other edge, And how much sky Is in one breath When time slides backward From the sand.”

206. “For miles To the other edge, And how much sky Is in one breath When time slides backward From the sand.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Hello, Mister Jake. How ya doin’?” “Well, Ah woke up on the right side of dirt,” Pa answered. Jumpin’ laughed as if he’d never heard the worn-out phrase.”

207. “Hello, Mister Jake. How ya doin’?” “Well, Ah woke up on the right side of dirt,” Pa answered. Jumpin’ laughed as if he’d never heard the worn-out phrase.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “The Barkley Cove graveyard trailed off under tunnels of dark oaks. Spanish moss hung in long curtains, creating cavelike sanctuaries for old tombstones – the remains of a family here, a loner there, in no order at all. Fingers of gnarled roots had torn and twisted gravestones into hunched and nameless forms. Markers of death all weathered into nubbins by elements of life. In the distance, the sea and sky sang too bright for this serious ground.”

208. “The Barkley Cove graveyard trailed off under tunnels of dark oaks. Spanish moss hung in long curtains, creating cavelike sanctuaries for old tombstones – the remains of a family here, a loner there, in no order at all. Fingers of gnarled roots had torn and twisted gravestones into hunched and nameless forms. Markers of death all weathered into nubbins by elements of life. In the distance, the sea and sky sang too bright for this serious ground.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Pa still disappeared some, not coming back for several days, but not as often as before. And when he did show up, he didn’t collapse in a stupor but ate a meal and talked some. One night they played gin rummy, he guffawing when she won, and she giggling with her hands over her mouth like a regular girl.”

209. “Pa still disappeared some, not coming back for several days, but not as often as before. And when he did show up, he didn’t collapse in a stupor but ate a meal and talked some. One night they played gin rummy, he guffawing when she won, and she giggling with her hands over her mouth like a regular girl.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “He turned to her, still standing in the doorway. “Kya, these are wonderful, beautifully detailed. You could publish these. This could be a book – lots of books.”

210. “He turned to her, still standing in the doorway. “Kya, these are wonderful, beautifully detailed. You could publish these. This could be a book – lots of books.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Two tours in ‘Nam. I’m staying in the army for a few more months. They’ve been good to me. Paid for my college degree – mechanical engineering, Georgia Tech. Least I can do is stay in a while.”

211. “Two tours in ‘Nam. I’m staying in the army for a few more months. They’ve been good to me. Paid for my college degree – mechanical engineering, Georgia Tech. Least I can do is stay in a while.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “His eyes were the same as they had been. Faces change with life’s toll, but eyes remain a window to what was, and she could see him there.”

212. “His eyes were the same as they had been. Faces change with life’s toll, but eyes remain a window to what was, and she could see him there.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Unworthy boys make a lot of noise.”

213. “Unworthy boys make a lot of noise.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “When her lagoon opened before them, the delicate details of every mossy branch and brilliant leaf reflected in the clear dark water. Dragonflies and snowy egrets lifted briefly at his strange boat, then resettled gracefully on silent wings.”

214. “When her lagoon opened before them, the delicate details of every mossy branch and brilliant leaf reflected in the clear dark water. Dragonflies and snowy egrets lifted briefly at his strange boat, then resettled gracefully on silent wings.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “For a while she was so stiff she couldn’t swallow, but on cue, the familiar songs of tree frogs and katydids filled the night. More comforting than three blind mice with a carving knife. The darkness held an odor of sweetness, the earthy breath of frogs and salamanders who’d made it through one more stinky-hot day. The marsh snuggled in closer with a low fog, and she slept.”

215. “For a while she was so stiff she couldn’t swallow, but on cue, the familiar songs of tree frogs and katydids filled the night. More comforting than three blind mice with a carving knife. The darkness held an odor of sweetness, the earthy breath of frogs and salamanders who’d made it through one more stinky-hot day. The marsh snuggled in closer with a low fog, and she slept.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “She wished for someone’s voice, presence, touch, but wished more to protect her heart.”

216. “She wished for someone’s voice, presence, touch, but wished more to protect her heart.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Not waiting for the sounds of someone was a release. And a strength.”

217. “Not waiting for the sounds of someone was a release. And a strength.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “The next week she bought backbones – marked with a red tag – and boiled them with grits and collard greens in a mush that tasted fine.”

218. “The next week she bought backbones – marked with a red tag – and boiled them with grits and collard greens in a mush that tasted fine.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Sometimes she heard night-sounds she didn’t know or jumped from lightning too close, but whenever she stumbled, it was the land who 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.”

219. “Sometimes she heard night-sounds she didn’t know or jumped from lightning too close, but whenever she stumbled, it was the land who 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.”

— Delia Owens

Delia Owens Quote: “My mother and little sister died in a car wreck over in Asheville. My sister’s name was Carianne.”

220. “My mother and little sister died in a car wreck over in Asheville. My sister’s name was Carianne.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “I’m so sorry. I am, but, Kya, it’s not just guys who are unfaithful. I’ve been duped, dropped, run over a few times myself. Let’s face it, a lot of times love doesn’t work out. Yet even when it fails, it connects you to others and, in the end, that is all you have, the connections. Look at us; you and I have each other now, and just think, if I have kids and you have kids, well, that’s a whole new string of connections. And on it goes. Kya, if you love Tate, take a chance.”

221. “I’m so sorry. I am, but, Kya, it’s not just guys who are unfaithful. I’ve been duped, dropped, run over a few times myself. Let’s face it, a lot of times love doesn’t work out. Yet even when it fails, it connects you to others and, in the end, that is all you have, the connections. Look at us; you and I have each other now, and just think, if I have kids and you have kids, well, that’s a whole new string of connections. And on it goes. Kya, if you love Tate, take a chance.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Tate said long words were simply little ones strung together – so she wasn’t afraid of them, went straight to learning Pleistocene along with sat.”

222. “Tate said long words were simply little ones strung together – so she wasn’t afraid of them, went straight to learning Pleistocene along with sat.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Oh, that’s a long boring story.”

223. “Oh, that’s a long boring story.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “The only light emitted from various flashing beer signs, giving off an amber glow, like campfires licking whiskered faces.”

224. “The only light emitted from various flashing beer signs, giving off an amber glow, like campfires licking whiskered faces.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “We were the victims, not the guilty.” He smiled. “Thank you, Kya.”

225. “We were the victims, not the guilty.” He smiled. “Thank you, Kya.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “And just at that second, the wind picked up, and thousands upon thousands of yellow sycamore leaves broke from their life support and streamed across the sky. Autumn leaves don’t fall; they fly. They take their time and wander on this, their only chance to soar.”

226. “And just at that second, the wind picked up, and thousands upon thousands of yellow sycamore leaves broke from their life support and streamed across the sky. 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: “Out here, in the real remote, she was free to wander, collect at will, read the words, read the wild. Not waiting for the sounds of someone was a release. And a strength.”

227. “Out here, in the real remote, she was free to wander, collect at will, read the words, read the wild. Not waiting for the sounds of someone was a release. And a strength.”

— Delia Owens

Delia Owens Quote: “A Visit from Patti Love 1969.”

228. “A Visit from Patti Love 1969.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “At the chirp of a chipmunk she whirled around, listened keenly to the caws of crows – a language before words were, when communication was simple and clear.”

229. “At the chirp of a chipmunk she whirled around, listened keenly to the caws of crows – a language before words were, when communication was simple and clear.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Autumn was coming. the evergreens might not have noticed, but the Sycamores did: they waved thousands of yellow leaves...”

230. “Autumn was coming. the evergreens might not have noticed, but the Sycamores did: they waved thousands of yellow leaves...”

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Delia Owens Quote: “I don’t know how to do life without grits.”

231. “I don’t know how to do life without grits.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “All along You thought The fiery current Of your lover’s breast Pulled you to the deep. But it was my heart-tide Releasing you To float adrift With seaweed.”

232. “All along You thought The fiery current Of your lover’s breast Pulled you to the deep. But it was my heart-tide Releasing you To float adrift With seaweed.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “As they moved closer, she flattened herself against the oak and peered around. Five girls and four boys, a bit older than she, maybe twelve. She recognized Chase Andrews throwing.”

233. “As they moved closer, she flattened herself against the oak and peered around. Five girls and four boys, a bit older than she, maybe twelve. She recognized Chase Andrews throwing.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “With the mussel money she bought matches, a candle, and grits. Kerosene and soap would have to wait for another croker full. It took all her might not to buy a Sugar Daddy instead of the candle.”

234. “With the mussel money she bought matches, a candle, and grits. Kerosene and soap would have to wait for another croker full. It took all her might not to buy a Sugar Daddy instead of the candle.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Here- instead of the estuaries and enormous sweeps of grass as in her marsh- clear water flowed as far as she could see through a bright and open cypress forest. Brilliant white herons and storks stood among the water lilies and floating plants so green they seemed to glow. Hunched up on cypress knees as large as easy chairs, they ate pimento-cheese sandwiches and potato chips, grinning as geese glided just below their toes.”

235. “Here- instead of the estuaries and enormous sweeps of grass as in her marsh- clear water flowed as far as she could see through a bright and open cypress forest. Brilliant white herons and storks stood among the water lilies and floating plants so green they seemed to glow. Hunched up on cypress knees as large as easy chairs, they ate pimento-cheese sandwiches and potato chips, grinning as geese glided just below their toes.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “The lonely became larger than she could hold. She wished for someone’s voice, presence, touch, but wished more to protect her heart.”

236. “The lonely became larger than she could hold. She wished for someone’s voice, presence, touch, but wished more to protect her heart.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “As before, the shack stood unpainted on the outside, the weathered pine boards and tin roof rich in gray and rust colors, brushed by Spanish moss from the overhanging oak. Less rickety, but still woven into the weft of the marsh. Kya continued sleeping on the porch, except in the coldest of winter. But now she had a bed.”

237. “As before, the shack stood unpainted on the outside, the weathered pine boards and tin roof rich in gray and rust colors, brushed by Spanish moss from the overhanging oak. Less rickety, but still woven into the weft of the marsh. Kya continued sleeping on the porch, except in the coldest of winter. But now she had a bed.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “In a time I don’t remember – I already loved you.”

238. “In a time I don’t remember – I already loved you.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Thought ya could use that fer yo’ feathers, bird nests, and all that other stuff ya c’lect.”

239. “Thought ya could use that fer yo’ feathers, bird nests, and all that other stuff ya c’lect.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “The sky in a frumpy sweater of gray clouds.”

240. “The sky in a frumpy sweater of gray clouds.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “When the carton was empty she didn’t think she could stand the pain, so afraid they would leave her like everybody else.”

241. “When the carton was empty she didn’t think she could stand the pain, so afraid they would leave her like everybody else.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “It is not a morality, but simple math. Among themselves, doves fight as often as hawks.”

242. “It is not a morality, but simple math. Among themselves, doves fight as often as hawks.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “The sun, still shy and submissive to winter, peeped in now and then between days of mean wind and bitter rain. Then one afternoon, just like that, spring elbowed her way in for good. The day warmed, and the sky shone as if polished.”

243. “The sun, still shy and submissive to winter, peeped in now and then between days of mean wind and bitter rain. Then one afternoon, just like that, spring elbowed her way in for good. The day warmed, and the sky shone as if polished.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “The unworthy ones strut about, pulling you in with falsehoods. Which is probably why Ma fell for a man like Pa.”

244. “The unworthy ones strut about, pulling you in with falsehoods. Which is probably why Ma fell for a man like Pa.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Female fireflies draw in strange males with dishonest signals and eat them; mantis females devour their own mates.”

245. “Female fireflies draw in strange males with dishonest signals and eat them; mantis females devour their own mates.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Ma was isolated and alone. Under those circumstances people behave differently.”

246. “Ma was isolated and alone. Under those circumstances people behave differently.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “I made a necklace with the shell you found. You don’t have to wear it if you don’t want to.”

247. “I made a necklace with the shell you found. You don’t have to wear it if you don’t want to.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Aldo Leopold taught her that floodplains are living extensions of the rivers, which will claim them back any time they choose. Anyone living on a floodplain is just waiting in the river’s wings.”

248. “Aldo Leopold taught her that floodplains are living extensions of the rivers, which will claim them back any time they choose. Anyone living on a floodplain is just waiting in the river’s wings.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Well, we better hide way out there where the crawdads sing.”

249. “Well, we better hide way out there where the crawdads sing.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “And just at that second, the wind picked up, and thousands upon thousands of yellow sycamore leaves broke from their life support and streamed across the sky.”

250. “And just at that second, the wind picked up, and thousands upon thousands of yellow sycamore leaves broke from their life support and streamed across the sky.”

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