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Olive's private view is that life depends on what she thinks of as big bursts and little bursts. Big bursts are things like marriage or children, intimacies that keep you afloat, but these big bursts hold dangerous,

Olive's private view is that life depends on what she thinks of as "big bursts" and "little bursts." Big bursts are things like marriage or children, intimacies that keep you afloat, but these big bursts hold dangerous, unseen currents. Which is why you need the little bursts as well: a friendly clerk at Bradlee's, let's say, or the waitress at Dunkin' Donuts who knows how you like your coffee. Tricky business, really.

Elizabeth Strout
Children, Coffee, Thinking
Elizabeth Strout (2013). “Olive Kitteridge”, p.64, Simon and Schuster

Each of his son's had been his favorite child.

Elizabeth Strout
Children, Son, Favorite Child
Elizabeth Strout (2008). “Olive Kitteridge: Fiction”, p.78, Random House

I don't especially like to travel, not the way many people do. I know many people that love to go to far-off and different places, and I've never been like that. I seem to get homesick as quickly as a child.

Elizabeth Strout
Children, People, Different

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