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Shelby Van Pelt Quote: “I’m sorry,” Tova says. She places a hand on his shoulder. Doesn’t rub or squeeze, just places it there, as if the contact might siphon off some of his pain.”

51. “I’m sorry,” Tova says. She places a hand on his shoulder. Doesn’t rub or squeeze, just places it there, as if the contact might siphon off some of his pain.”

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Shelby Van Pelt Quote: “For a moment, I considered this option. Nothing was something. What might lie on the other side of life?”

52. “For a moment, I considered this option. Nothing was something. What might lie on the other side of life?”

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Shelby Van Pelt Quote: “AS ONE WOULD gather from the name, the Knit-Wits began as a knitting club. Twenty-five years ago, a handful of Sowell Bay women met to swap yarn. Eventually, it became a refuge for them to escape empty homes, bittersweet voids left by children grown and moved on.”

53. “AS ONE WOULD gather from the name, the Knit-Wits began as a knitting club. Twenty-five years ago, a handful of Sowell Bay women met to swap yarn. Eventually, it became a refuge for them to escape empty homes, bittersweet voids left by children grown and moved on.”

— Shelby Van Pelt

Shelby Van Pelt Quote: “But young women don’t want bone china anymore. They’ve no use for old Swedish things. They.”

54. “But young women don’t want bone china anymore. They’ve no use for old Swedish things. They.”

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Shelby Van Pelt Quote: “This confused me at first because my organ heart skips beats, many of them, every time I swim. But when the cleaning woman fell from the stool, I was not swimming. And yet it stuttered.”

55. “This confused me at first because my organ heart skips beats, many of them, every time I swim. But when the cleaning woman fell from the stool, I was not swimming. And yet it stuttered.”

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Shelby Van Pelt Quote: “One might make a third list here, which would consist of things humans clamor for, but most intelligent life would consider entirely unfit for consumption. For example: every last offering in the vending machine in the lobby.”

56. “One might make a third list here, which would consist of things humans clamor for, but most intelligent life would consider entirely unfit for consumption. For example: every last offering in the vending machine in the lobby.”

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Shelby Van Pelt Quote: “Tova wonders sometimes if it’s better that way, to have one’s tragedies clustered together, to make good use of the existing rawness. Get it over with in one shot. Tova knew there was a bottom to those depths of despair. Once your soul was soaked though with grief, any more simply ran off, overflowed, the way maple syrup on Saturday-morning pancakes always cascaded onto the table whenever Erik was allowed to pour it himself.”

57. “Tova wonders sometimes if it’s better that way, to have one’s tragedies clustered together, to make good use of the existing rawness. Get it over with in one shot. Tova knew there was a bottom to those depths of despair. Once your soul was soaked though with grief, any more simply ran off, overflowed, the way maple syrup on Saturday-morning pancakes always cascaded onto the table whenever Erik was allowed to pour it himself.”

— Shelby Van Pelt

Shelby Van Pelt Quote: “Young humans would fail abysmally in the sea.”

58. “Young humans would fail abysmally in the sea.”

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Shelby Van Pelt Quote: “Conscience does make cowards of us all.”

59. “Conscience does make cowards of us all.”

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Shelby Van Pelt Quote: “But life isn’t some cheesy Hollywood script.”

60. “But life isn’t some cheesy Hollywood script.”

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Shelby Van Pelt Quote: “Tova simply nods, because it brings her friend comfort and harms no one.”

61. “Tova simply nods, because it brings her friend comfort and harms no one.”

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Shelby Van Pelt Quote: “Tova takes a chocolate chip cookie from the platter Mary Ann set out earlier. Mary Ann warms the cookies in the oven before the ladies arrive. One can’t have tea, she always comments, without something homemade to nibble on. The cookies came from a package Mary Ann bought at Shop-Way. All of the Knit-Wits know this.”

62. “Tova takes a chocolate chip cookie from the platter Mary Ann set out earlier. Mary Ann warms the cookies in the oven before the ladies arrive. One can’t have tea, she always comments, without something homemade to nibble on. The cookies came from a package Mary Ann bought at Shop-Way. All of the Knit-Wits know this.”

— Shelby Van Pelt

Shelby Van Pelt Quote: “The beginning of Mary Ann’s ending, the first sentence of her last chapter. Unable to continue living on her own. Reverted to childlike dependence.”

63. “The beginning of Mary Ann’s ending, the first sentence of her last chapter. Unable to continue living on her own. Reverted to childlike dependence.”

— Shelby Van Pelt

Shelby Van Pelt Quote: “I did trust her with my life, more than once. Just as I trusted her with my death. Humans. For the most part, you are dull and blundering. But occasionally, you can be remarkably bright creatures.”

64. “I did trust her with my life, more than once. Just as I trusted her with my death. Humans. For the most part, you are dull and blundering. But occasionally, you can be remarkably bright creatures.”

— Shelby Van Pelt

Shelby Van Pelt Quote: “The world is full of idiots.”

65. “The world is full of idiots.”

— Shelby Van Pelt

Shelby Van Pelt Quote: “We all lie to obtain what we need.”

66. “We all lie to obtain what we need.”

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Shelby Van Pelt Quote: “But you would do well to believe me when I tell you this: the young male who has recently taken over sanitation duties is a direct descendant of the cleaning woman with the injured foot.”

67. “But you would do well to believe me when I tell you this: the young male who has recently taken over sanitation duties is a direct descendant of the cleaning woman with the injured foot.”

— Shelby Van Pelt

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