A Call

pg 180

THEMES

  • Family

  • Progression

  • Craft

QUOTES

  • “ ‘Hold on,’ she said, ‘I’ll just run out and get him. ”

  • “ he took the chance to do a bit of weeding.’ “

  • “So I saw him”

  • “Separating one stalk from the other, gently pulling up”

  • “Pleased to feel each little weed-root break,”

  • “Then found myself listening to the amplified grave ticking of hall clocks”

  • “Where the phone lay unattended”

  • “And found myself thinking: if it were nowadays, this is how Death would summon Everyman.”

  • Next thing he spoke and I nearly said I loved him