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Delia Owens Quote: “There’s a mama blue jay lifting from a branch; I’d fly too, if I had a chance.”

351. “There’s a mama blue jay lifting from a branch; I’d fly too, if I had a chance.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Boys, not men. She sat straight up. There was no back door.”

352. “Boys, not men. She sat straight up. There was no back door.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Months passed, winter easing gently into place, as southern winters do.”

353. “Months passed, winter easing gently into place, as southern winters do.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Before the feather game, loneliness had become a natural appendage to Kya, like an arm. Now it grew roots inside her and pressed against her chest.”

354. “Before the feather game, loneliness had become a natural appendage to Kya, like an arm. Now it grew roots inside her and pressed against her chest.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Clouds lazed in the folded arms of the hills, then billowed up and drifted away. Some tendrils twisted into tight spirals and traced the warmer ravines, behaving like mist tracking the dank fens of the marsh. The same game of physics playing on a different field of biology.”

355. “Clouds lazed in the folded arms of the hills, then billowed up and drifted away. Some tendrils twisted into tight spirals and traced the warmer ravines, behaving like mist tracking the dank fens of the marsh. The same game of physics playing on a different field of biology.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Ever since Barkley Cove had been settled in 1751, no lawman extended his jurisdiction beyond the saw grass. In the 1940s and ’50s, a few sheriffs set hounds on some mainland convicts who’d escaped into the marsh, and the office still kept dogs just in case. But Jackson mostly ignored crimes committed in the swamp. Why interrupt rats killing rats?”

356. “Ever since Barkley Cove had been settled in 1751, no lawman extended his jurisdiction beyond the saw grass. In the 1940s and ’50s, a few sheriffs set hounds on some mainland convicts who’d escaped into the marsh, and the office still kept dogs just in case. But Jackson mostly ignored crimes committed in the swamp. Why interrupt rats killing rats?”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Someone knew her name. She was taken aback.”

357. “Someone knew her name. She was taken aback.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Hiya, Miss Kya. Got somebody here for ya to meet. This here’s ma wife, Mabel.”

358. “Hiya, Miss Kya. Got somebody here for ya to meet. This here’s ma wife, Mabel.”

— Delia Owens

Delia Owens Quote: “The shack stood silent against the early stir of blackbird wings, as an earnest winter fog formed along the ground, bunching up against the walls like large wisps of cotton.”

359. “The shack stood silent against the early stir of blackbird wings, as an earnest winter fog formed along the ground, bunching up against the walls like large wisps of cotton.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “She’d always found the muscle and heart to pull herself from the mire, to take the next step, no matter how shaky. But where had all that grit brought her?”

360. “She’d always found the muscle and heart to pull herself from the mire, to take the next step, no matter how shaky. But where had all that grit brought her?”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Kya remembered, those many years ago, Ma warning her older sisters about young men who overrevved their rusted-out pickups or drove jalopies around with radios blaring. “Unworthy boys make a lot of noise,” Ma had said. She read a consolation for females. Nature is audacious enough to ensure that the males who send out dishonest signals or go from one female to the next almost always end up alone.”

361. “Kya remembered, those many years ago, Ma warning her older sisters about young men who overrevved their rusted-out pickups or drove jalopies around with radios blaring. “Unworthy boys make a lot of noise,” Ma had said. She read a consolation for females. Nature is audacious enough to ensure that the males who send out dishonest signals or go from one female to the next almost always end up alone.”

— Delia Owens

Delia Owens Quote: “They sipped until the sun, as golden as syrupy as the bourbon, slipped into the sea.”

362. “They sipped until the sun, as golden as syrupy as the bourbon, slipped into the sea.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Kya leaned over gently, as if to kiss a baby. The microscope’s light reflected in her dark pupils, and she drew in a breath as a Mardi Gras of costumed players pirouetted and careened into view. Unimaginable headdresses adorned astonishing bodies so eager for more life, they frolicked as though caught in a circus tent, not a single bead of water.”

363. “Kya leaned over gently, as if to kiss a baby. The microscope’s light reflected in her dark pupils, and she drew in a breath as a Mardi Gras of costumed players pirouetted and careened into view. Unimaginable headdresses adorned astonishing bodies so eager for more life, they frolicked as though caught in a circus tent, not a single bead of water.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Kya turned the page to continue the story, and there loomed a large picture of Chase and a girl above an engagement announcement: Andrews-Stone.”

364. “Kya turned the page to continue the story, and there loomed a large picture of Chase and a girl above an engagement announcement: Andrews-Stone.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Miss Kya. I didn’t jus’ fall off the turnip truck.”

365. “Miss Kya. I didn’t jus’ fall off the turnip truck.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “She kept on buying gas and supplies from him but never accepted a handout from them again. And each time she came to his wharf, she saw her book propped up in the tiny window for all to see. As a father would have shown it.”

366. “She kept on buying gas and supplies from him but never accepted a handout from them again. And each time she came to his wharf, she saw her book propped up in the tiny window for all to see. As a father would have shown it.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “July 4 1961 Dressed in the now too-short peach chiffon, Kya walked barefoot to the lagoon on July 4 and sat on the reading-log.”

367. “July 4 1961 Dressed in the now too-short peach chiffon, Kya walked barefoot to the lagoon on July 4 and sat on the reading-log.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “He couldn’t come close to sorting it out himself, but he’d never been hit by a stronger wave. A power of emotions as painful as pleasurable.”

368. “He couldn’t come close to sorting it out himself, but he’d never been hit by a stronger wave. A power of emotions as painful as pleasurable.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “She walked to the pool twice a day for a week, living on saltines and Crisco, and Pa never came home the whole time. By the eighth day she could circle her foot without stiffness and the pain had retreated to the surface. She danced a little jig, favoring her foot, squealing, “I did it, I did it!” The next morning, she headed for the beach to find more pirates. “First thing I’m gonna do is boss my crew to pick up all them nails.”

369. “She walked to the pool twice a day for a week, living on saltines and Crisco, and Pa never came home the whole time. By the eighth day she could circle her foot without stiffness and the pain had retreated to the surface. She danced a little jig, favoring her foot, squealing, “I did it, I did it!” The next morning, she headed for the beach to find more pirates. “First thing I’m gonna do is boss my crew to pick up all them nails.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Months turned into a year.”

370. “Months turned into a year.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Chase right on the deck of his fancy ski boat. There’s.”

371. “Chase right on the deck of his fancy ski boat. There’s.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “A lone tear trailed down Mrs. Culpepper’s cheek, and then a shadow smile for the little swamp truant escaping again.”

372. “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: “Hello, dear, I’m Mrs. Culpepper. You’re all grown up and ready to go to school, aren’t ya?”

373. “Hello, dear, I’m Mrs. Culpepper. You’re all grown up and ready to go to school, aren’t ya?”

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Delia Owens Quote: “She knew that no part of this yearning made sense. Illogical behavior to fill an emptiness would not fulfill much more. How much do you trade to defeat lonesomeness?”

374. “She knew that no part of this yearning made sense. Illogical behavior to fill an emptiness would not fulfill much more. How much do you trade to defeat lonesomeness?”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Jodie, I’m so sorry you worried about leaving me. Not once did I blame you. We were the victims, not the guilty.”

375. “Jodie, I’m so sorry you worried about leaving me. Not once did I blame you. We were the victims, not the guilty.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Time ensures children never know their parents young.”

376. “Time ensures children never know their parents young.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Kya turned quickly to speed away but, against a strong pull, turned back and searched for him. She knew that no part of this yearning made sense. Illogical behavior to fill an emptiness would not fulfill much more. How much do you trade to defeat lonesomeness?”

377. “Kya turned quickly to speed away but, against a strong pull, turned back and searched for him. She knew that no part of this yearning made sense. Illogical behavior to fill an emptiness would not fulfill much more. How much do you trade to defeat lonesomeness?”

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Delia Owens Quote: “When all her shelves were empty, she finally motored to Jumpin’s for supplies but didn’t chat with him as usual. Did her business and left him standing, staring after her. Needing people ended in hurt.”

378. “When all her shelves were empty, she finally motored to Jumpin’s for supplies but didn’t chat with him as usual. Did her business and left him standing, staring after her. Needing people ended in hurt.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Tate. The golden-haired boy in the boat, guiding her home before a storm, gifting her feathers on a weathered stump, teaching her to read; the teenager steering her through her first cycle as a woman and arousing her first sexual desires as a female; the young scientist encouraging her to publish her books.”

379. “Tate. The golden-haired boy in the boat, guiding her home before a storm, gifting her feathers on a weathered stump, teaching her to read; the teenager steering her through her first cycle as a woman and arousing her first sexual desires as a female; the young scientist encouraging her to publish her books.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Finally she said, “What do you want now, Tate?” “If only you could, some way, forgive me.” He breathed in and waited.”

380. “Finally she said, “What do you want now, Tate?” “If only you could, some way, forgive me.” He breathed in and waited.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “It didn’t fit that anyone who liked birds would be mean.”

381. “It didn’t fit that anyone who liked birds would be mean.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “One night two years later, without saying good-bye, Jake left before dawn, taking with him as many fine clothes and family treasures – including his great-grandfather’s gold pocket watch and his grandmother’s diamond ring – as he could carry. He hitchhiked to New Orleans and found Maria.”

382. “One night two years later, without saying good-bye, Jake left before dawn, taking with him as many fine clothes and family treasures – including his great-grandfather’s gold pocket watch and his grandmother’s diamond ring – as he could carry. He hitchhiked to New Orleans and found Maria.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Happy birthday, Kya,” he said. “You’re fifteen.”

383. “Happy birthday, Kya,” he said. “You’re fifteen.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Ya need some girlfriends, hon, ’cause they’re furever. Without a vow. A clutch of women’s the most tender, most tough place on Earth.”

384. “Ya need some girlfriends, hon, ’cause they’re furever. Without a vow. A clutch of women’s the most tender, most tough place on Earth.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “They had abandoned her to survive and defend herself. So here she was, by herself.”

385. “They had abandoned her to survive and defend herself. So here she was, by herself.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “She stared, not knowing how to see this. Would she have to go somewhere, meet people? Tate didn’t miss the questions in her eyes.”

386. “She stared, not knowing how to see this. Would she have to go somewhere, meet people? Tate didn’t miss the questions in her eyes.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Her most poignant memories were unknown dates of family members disappearing down the lane.”

387. “Her most poignant memories were unknown dates of family members disappearing down the lane.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “As always, the ocean seemed angrier than the marsh. Deeper, it had more to say.”

388. “As always, the ocean seemed angrier than the marsh. Deeper, it had more to say.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Just before he stepped into the trees, she finally turned and watched him walk away. “This little piggy stayed home,” she said to the waves.”

389. “Just before he stepped into the trees, she finally turned and watched him walk away. “This little piggy stayed home,” she said to the waves.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Sleep avoided her, slinking around the edges, then darting away. Her mind would plunge along deep walls of sudden slumber – an instant of bliss.”

390. “Sleep avoided her, slinking around the edges, then darting away. Her mind would plunge along deep walls of sudden slumber – an instant of bliss.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “He leaned slightly forward, as if to hug her, but the hardened rinds of her heart held her back.”

391. “He leaned slightly forward, as if to hug her, but the hardened rinds of her heart held her back.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “You all listen now, this is a real lesson in life. Yes, we got stuck, but what’d we girls do? We made it fun, we laughed. That’s what sisters and girlfriends are all about. Sticking together even in the mud, ’specially in mud.”

392. “You all listen now, this is a real lesson in life. Yes, we got stuck, but what’d we girls do? We made it fun, we laughed. That’s what sisters and girlfriends are all about. Sticking together even in the mud, ’specially in mud.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Uncertainty lingered, but the more she thought about it, the less likely it seemed the boy meant harm. It didn’t fit that anyone who liked birds would be mean.”

393. “Uncertainty lingered, but the more she thought about it, the less likely it seemed the boy meant harm. It didn’t fit that anyone who liked birds would be mean.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “A few weeks later, watching pelicans float and feed in the sea, her boat riding up and down waves, Kya’s stomach suddenly cramped up. She’d never been seasick, and this felt different from any pain she’d ever had.”

394. “A few weeks later, watching pelicans float and feed in the sea, her boat riding up and down waves, Kya’s stomach suddenly cramped up. She’d never been seasick, and this felt different from any pain she’d ever had.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “My name’s Tate ’case ya see me again.”

395. “My name’s Tate ’case ya see me again.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Oddly, the sweet, freshly turned earth smelled more like a beginning than an end.”

396. “Oddly, the sweet, freshly turned earth smelled more like a beginning than an end.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “A areia guarda segredos melhor do que a lama.”

397. “A areia guarda segredos melhor do que a lama.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “I have almost no recollection of the few hours after we left the plateau. I think I was concentrating so hard on the immediate that my mind couldn’t afford space for anything else. Maybe to have a memory, you need time for reflection, however brief, just to let the memory find a place to settle.”

398. “I have almost no recollection of the few hours after we left the plateau. I think I was concentrating so hard on the immediate that my mind couldn’t afford space for anything else. Maybe to have a memory, you need time for reflection, however brief, just to let the memory find a place to settle.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “He showed her more slides. She whispered, “It’s like never having seen the stars, then suddenly seeing them.”

399. “He showed her more slides. She whispered, “It’s like never having seen the stars, then suddenly seeing them.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “They stopped laughing. He took her shoulders, hesitated an instant, then kissed her lips, as the leaves rained and danced around them as silently as snow.”

400. “They stopped laughing. He took her shoulders, hesitated an instant, then kissed her lips, as the leaves rained and danced around them as silently as snow.”

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