"The racism thing is kind of obvious. I think the bigger thing is people's goodness. Are they naturally good and turned bad by stuff like racism or are they naturally bad and need to work hard not to be?" (Forman, Gayle. 69).
"People called Mom that a lot, probably because she had a hard time holding her tongue and could be brutally blunt when she disagreed with you. She exploded like a thunderstorm, and then be fine again. Anyhow, she didn't care that people called her a b****. "Its's just another word for feminist, she told me with pride"" (70).
"I am not her only sick person. She has been shuttling back and forth between patients and families all afternoon. She's the bridge between the doctors and the people, and you can see the strain of balancing between those two worlds" (77).
"Mom always said that it was because Teddy saw me first, and because I cut his cord, that somewhere deep down he thought I was his mother. "It's like those goslings, Mom joked. "Imprinting on a zoologist, not the mama goose because he was the first one they saw when they hatched"" (158).
"...but there were certain things that only I could do for him. When he was a baby and going through his nightly fussy period, he'd only calm down after I played him a lullaby on my cello"(159).
" And when he'd skin a knee or bump his head if I was around he would not sop crying until I bestowed a magic kiss on the injury, after which he'd miraculously recover. I know that all the magic kisses in the world probably couldn't help him today. But I would do anything to have been able to give him one" (159).
"I picture myself nuzzling his head one last time, and I can't imagine it without seeing myself crying, my tears turning his blond curlicues straight" (160).
"Gramps is there. He's crying. He's not making any noise, but tears are cascading down his cheeks, wetting his entire face. I've never seen anyone cry like this. Quiet but gushing, a faucet behind his eyes mysteriously turned on" (181).
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