Stewart O'Nan, The Odds: A Love Story
"They should."Should be like a wood bee," she said. It was a private joke, a mocking appreciation of the slipperiness of even the simplest hope, a nonce catchphrase like so many others lifted from favorite movies or TV shows that served as a rote substitute for conversation and bound them like shut-in twins, each other's best and, most often, only audience."
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"They should."Should be like a wood bee," she said. It was a private joke, a mocking appreciation of the slipperiness of even the simplest hope, a nonce catchphrase like so many others lifted from favorite movies or TV shows that served as a rote substitute for conversation and bound them like shut-in twins, each other's best and, most often, only audience."
"يجب أن يكونوا كذلك." "يجب أن يكون مثل نحلة الخشب،" قالت. كانت مزحة خاصة، تقدير ساخر لمدى انزلاق حتى أبسط أمل، عبارة مبتكرة عابرة كغيرها الكثير مما اقتبسوه من أفلامهم أو مسلسلاتهم التلفزيونية المفضلة، والتي كانت بمثابة بديل روتيني للمحادثة وربطتهم كتوأمين حبيسين، كل منهما أفضل جمهور للآخر، وغالبًا الوحيد."
Stewart O'Nan, The Odds: A Love Story
"The happiest she'd ever been was with him, and the saddest. Was that the true test of love?"
Stewart O'Nan, The Odds: A Love Story
"You couldn't relive your life, skipping the awful parts, without losing what made it worthwhile. You had to accept it as a whole--like the world, or the person you loved."
Stewart O'Nan, The Odds: A Love Story
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