She has never tried to find out what happened to her family – her mother or her relatives in Ireland. But over and over, Molly begins to understand as she listens to the tapes, Vivian has come back to the idea that the people who matter in our lives stay with us, haunting our most ordinary moments. They're with us in the grocery store, as we turn a corner, chat with a friend. They rise up through the pavement; we absorb them through our soles. . Christina Baker Kline
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  1. People have to snatch at happiness when they can, in this world. It is always easier to lose than to find...
  2. I've come to think that's what heaven is - a place in the memory of others where our best selves live on." ,
  3. Before we leave the gravesite, Mary sings Mother's favorite gospel hymn ...Mary's lovely voice rises and lingers in the air, and by the end of the song most of us are crying. I am too, though I still don't know what those stars are meant...
  4. Something inexorable seeds itself in the place of your origin. You can never escape the bonds of family history, no matter how far you travel.
  5. It's painful to hold out hope for the things that once brought you joy. You have to find ways to make yourself forget.
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