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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.”

201. “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: “A surplus. Her heart filled up. The same feeling as having a full tank of gas or seeing the sunset under a paint-brushed sky.”

202. “A surplus. Her heart filled up. The same feeling as having a full tank of gas or seeing the sunset under a paint-brushed sky.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “The shack took on a different light, as though more windows had opened up. She stood back and stared at them – a miracle to have some of Ma’s paintings on the walls.”

203. “The shack took on a different light, as though more windows had opened up. She stood back and stared at them – a miracle to have some of Ma’s paintings on the walls.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “You can read, Kya. There will never be a time again when you can’t read.” “It ain’t just that.” She spoke almost in a whisper. “I wadn’t aware that words could hold so much. I didn’t know a sentence could be so full.”

204. “You can read, Kya. There will never be a time again when you can’t read.” “It ain’t just that.” She spoke almost in a whisper. “I wadn’t aware that words could hold so much. I didn’t know a sentence could be so full.”

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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.”

205. “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.”

206. “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.”

207. “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.”

208. “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.”

209. “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.”

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

211. “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.”

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

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

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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.”

214. “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.”

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

215. “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.”

216. “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.”

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

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

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

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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.”

220. “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.”

221. “A Visit from Patti Love 1969.”

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

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

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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.”

223. “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...”

224. “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: “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.”

225. “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.”

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

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

— Delia Owens

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.”

228. “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: “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.”

229. “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.”

230. “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.”

231. “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.”

232. “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.”

233. “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.”

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

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

235. “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.”

236. “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.”

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

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

239. “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.”

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

241. “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: “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.”

242. “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.”

243. “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.”

244. “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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Delia Owens Quote: “When they finally settled at the table, she pulled her chair close to his, their arms and elbows nearly touching. Just to feel him near.”

245. “When they finally settled at the table, she pulled her chair close to his, their arms and elbows nearly touching. Just to feel him near.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Life had made her an expert at mashing feelings into a storable size.”

246. “Life had made her an expert at mashing feelings into a storable size.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Truths everyone should know, yet somehow, even though they lay exposed all around, seemed to lie in secret like the seeds.”

247. “Truths everyone should know, yet somehow, even though they lay exposed all around, seemed to lie in secret like the seeds.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Kya, I want you more than anything. I want you forever. But you’re too young. You’re only fifteen.”

248. “Kya, I want you more than anything. I want you forever. But you’re too young. You’re only fifteen.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Drifting back to the predictable cycles of tadpoles and the ballet of fireflies, Kya burrowed deeper into the wordless wilderness. Nature seemed the only stone that would not slip midstream.”

249. “Drifting back to the predictable cycles of tadpoles and the ballet of fireflies, Kya burrowed deeper into the wordless wilderness. Nature seemed the only stone that would not slip midstream.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Ever so carefully he opened the old cigar box, the one where all the collecting began. The box still smelled of sweet tobacco and little girl. Among a few birds’ feathers, insects’ wings, and seeds was the small jar with the ashes from her ma’s letter, and a bottle of Revlon fingernail polish, Barely Pink. The bits and bones of a life. The stones of her stream.”

250. “Ever so carefully he opened the old cigar box, the one where all the collecting began. The box still smelled of sweet tobacco and little girl. Among a few birds’ feathers, insects’ wings, and seeds was the small jar with the ashes from her ma’s letter, and a bottle of Revlon fingernail polish, Barely Pink. The bits and bones of a life. The stones of her stream.”

— Delia Owens

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