"Saying this, he turned his head toward the window as if he were trying to solve the problems of human existence by concentrating on the beauty of the universe."

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That at the same time of this very intimate act of concentrating so carefully on the details of our mother's palm and fingertips, he was also removing all traces of any tiny leftover parts, and suddenly a ritual which I'd always found incestuous and gross seemed to me more like a desperate act on Joseph's part to get out, to leave, to extract every little last remnant and bring it into open air.

— Aimee Bender