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And they had folded his brother's hands across his suited chest, as if he would be preserved in this sanguine pose forever, but only the heavy callouses visible at the sides of his hands seemed real. It was only the callouses that appeared to be familiar and believable.
— Kent Haruf Eventide
Tags: grief, death

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Death is a fact of life, no matter where you live. Taking care of the dying is a necessity everywhere. Those are not conditions exclusive to small towns.
— Kent Haruf
Tags: matter, you, death, life
I'm attempting to broaden my novels' scope through landscape and weather, leaves falling off trees, overnight storms, timeless elements which, irrespective of human endeavour, have always been there and, as long as there is life and snow, will always be there.
— Kent Haruf
Tags: will, weather, long, life
I enjoy bluegrass, folk, gospel, and classical. I don't listen to music when I write. I sometimes listen to music just before I sit down to write.
— Kent Haruf
Tags: enjoy, down, sometimes, music
Who does ever get what they want? It doesn’t seem to happen to many of us if any at all. It’s always two people bumping against each other blindly, acting out old ideas and dreams and mistaken understandings.
— Kent Haruf Our Souls at Night
Tags: wisdom, relationships, reflection, marriage, love, life-lessons, life, dreams, couples
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