There ought to be a while separate language, she thought, for words that are truer than other words - for perfect, absol — Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
There ought to be a while separate language, she thought, for words that are truer than other words - for perfect, absol — Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
There ought to be a while separate language, she thought, for words that are truer than other words - for perfect, absol — Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
There ought to be a while separate language, she thought, for words that are truer than other words - for perfect, absol — Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
There ought to be a while separate language, she thought, for words that are truer than other words - for perfect, absol — Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
There ought to be a while separate language, she thought, for words that are truer than other words - for perfect, absol — Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
There ought to be a while separate language, she thought, for words that are truer than other words - for perfect, absol — Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
There ought to be a while separate language, she thought, for words that are truer than other words - for perfect, absol — Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
There ought to be a while separate language, she thought, for words that are truer than other words - for perfect, absol — Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
There ought to be a while separate language, she thought, for words that are truer than other words - for perfect, absol — Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
There ought to be a while separate language, she thought, for words that are truer than other words - for perfect, absol — Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
There ought to be a while separate language, she thought, for words that are truer than other words - for perfect, absol — Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
There ought to be a while separate language, she thought, for words that are truer than other words - for perfect, absol — Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
There ought to be a while separate language, she thought, for words that are truer than other words - for perfect, absol — Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
There ought to be a while separate language, she thought, for words that are truer than other words - for perfect, absol — Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
There ought to be a while separate language, she thought, for words that are truer than other words - for perfect, absol — Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
There ought to be a while separate language, she thought, for words that are truer than other words - for perfect, absol — Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
There ought to be a while separate language, she thought, for words that are truer than other words - for perfect, absol — Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
There ought to be a while separate language, she thought, for words that are truer than other words - for perfect, absol — Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
There ought to be a while separate language, she thought, for words that are truer than other words - for perfect, absol — Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
There ought to be a while separate language, she thought, for words that are truer than other words - for perfect, absol — Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
There ought to be a while separate language, she thought, for words that are truer than other words - for perfect, absol — Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
There ought to be a while separate language, she thought, for words that are truer than other words - for perfect, absol — Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
There ought to be a while separate language, she thought, for words that are truer than other words - for perfect, absol — Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
There ought to be a while separate language, she thought, for words that are truer than other words - for perfect, absol — Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
There ought to be a while separate language, she thought, for words that are truer than other words - for perfect, absol — Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
There ought to be a while separate language, she thought, for words that are truer than other words - for perfect, absol — Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
There ought to be a while separate language, she thought, for words that are truer than other words - for perfect, absol — Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
There ought to be a while separate language, she thought, for words that are truer than other words - for perfect, absol — Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
There ought to be a while separate language, she thought, for words that are truer than other words - for perfect, absol — Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
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There ought to be a while separate language, she thought, for words that are truer than other words - for perfect, absolute truth. It was the purest fact of her life: she did not understand him, and she never would.

— Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
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