Home (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel
The question that was the pure liquid element of the portal—who am I failing to protect?—had found its stopped-clock answer.
Patricia Lockwood • No One Is Talking About This: A Novel
I wanted to describe the world, because to live in an undescribed world was too lonely.
Nicole Krauss • The History of Love: A Novel
If there’s a map inscribed in the human heart that shows where home is, the fact that we haven’t yet arrived doesn’t make it a fiction. It might just mean there’s a way we haven’t tried. Maybe Camus gave up too soon. Augustine, his fellow African, might be a better guide.
James K. A. Smith • On the Road with Saint Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts
She walks home in a daze, thinking of the last thing Olivia said to her. “Gifts are fragile. You must never entrust yours to people who might break it.” She doesn’t say who she might be thinking of, and Barbara doesn’t need her to. She has what she needs and doesn’t expect to return to the Harris house again.