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Shiva
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  • I sat shiva for Isaac, and while I sat, I tried to understand.†   (source)
  • According to Shiva, life is in the end about fixing holes.†   (source)
  • Irene had baked for the shiva at the Sapphires' house in Bayonne, and now Ben Sapphire's sons were headed back to Chicago and Los Angeles with their wives and children.†   (source)
  • Above me, Shiva, the god of destruction and rebirth, sits meditating, his third eye seeing all.†   (source)
  • The shiva call for one of my ex's uncles.†   (source)
  • "Shiva passes," said a monk, eyes wide with fear.†   (source)
  • They buried him before sundown that day and we sat shiva for him.†   (source)
  • Saying kaddish and sitting shiva, that absolves them of any responsibility for you.†   (source)
  • You would not eat after you sat shiva, after everyone went away.†   (source)
  • Shiva sat on the commode, quiet but keeping me company.†   (source)
  • Even though we buried her and sat shiva, none of it feels real.†   (source)
  • "After sitting shiva, the depression set in," she goes on, ignoring me.†   (source)
  • It began during the night vigils with Shiva and it had helped her through her shift.†   (source)
  • He'd swiped a photo of Kathy from her house when he'd been there for shiva.†   (source)
  • Shiva was my proxy, just as I had been his when Almaz had given me her breast.†   (source)
  • "That's what makes sixty-six special," Shiva said.†   (source)
  • Hema, at any time if you or Shiva have a change of heart, all you need to do is say so.†   (source)
  • Shiva went to Version Clinic whenever our school schedule allowed.†   (source)
  • The dull thud of their heads left me in mortal fear for Shiva.†   (source)
  • Back in my room and by noon, still no sign of Hema, or Stone, or Shiva.†   (source)
  • Shiva had taken the first and only girl I loved and spoiled her for me.†   (source)
  • "They want to discontinue the ventilator on Shiva," Hema said.†   (source)
  • Shiva, please don't eat or drink anything from this moment on."†   (source)
  • When I wore the blindfold, I found Genet in thirty seconds, and Shiva in half that time.†   (source)
  • Shiva's episodes of apnea decreased from more than twenty a day to two a day and then ceased.†   (source)
  • Genet, Shiva, and I swarmed all over her, hugging her.†   (source)
  • "And this must be Shiva," he said, unfazed at seeing Shiva in my bed.†   (source)
  • I was connected to Shiva for better or worse.†   (source)
  • It was Shiva's idea to deworm them and correct iron deficiency anemia before surgery.†   (source)
  • Unbeknownst to Shiva and me, Hema had operated on her three times.†   (source)
  • He told himself that once the infant, this Shiva, was over its breathing problem, he would leave.†   (source)
  • Put it to your mouth, Shiva says because this is the first means by which he knows the world.†   (source)
  • AS WE WALKED to our bungalow, Shiva said, "Why didn't we go inside?†   (source)
  • Do you remember the bookmark, Shiva, and the reference to a letter?†   (source)
  • "I took it apart," Shiva had said, when I asked.†   (source)
  • The sound had become part of Shiva, and to remove it felt akin to taking away his voice.†   (source)
  • But, Shiva, has that ever been done—transplanting part of a liver?†   (source)
  • "Marion, all women are beautiful," Shiva said.†   (source)
  • "I can't say it to a man," Shiva said, looking impatient.†   (source)
  • Then she rushed to Ghosh, then Shiva, then Almaz and me, and then back into Hema's arms.†   (source)
  • Through the glass I could see Shiva studying me, his face flushed.†   (source)
  • Shiva had moved back to our boyhood room.†   (source)
  • But Shiva drew back from her, drew back from all of them, as if they were murderers.†   (source)
  • THAT NIGHT SHIVA and I slept with Hema in her bed.†   (source)
  • Shiva had appropriated the toolshed where we'd hidden the motorcycle.†   (source)
  • She held him the way he had held her when he came running the night Shiva stopped breathing.†   (source)
  • Shiva has had the plans drawn out for years.†   (source)
  • Shiva pushed a single sheet to Deepak and Thomas Stone.†   (source)
  • "If I tell Shiva that it's my dying wish, he'd do it.†   (source)
  • But they persisted, hoping that at the very least Shiva might yell for them to stop, the way I did.†   (source)
  • "Thomas, do you think I would want to subject Shiva to a risk he couldn't surmount?†   (source)
  • With Deepak's assistance I climbed onto Shiva's bed.†   (source)
  • But you understand Shiva better than anyone.†   (source)
  • The teachers knew us and they understood Shiva as well as one could understand Shiva.†   (source)
  • "TELL ME ABOUT IT, Shiva," Genet whispered from behind her book, Chemistry by Concept.†   (source)
  • "A perfect match is what you would have if you took the liver from me," Shiva said.†   (source)
  • I heard music from Shiva's radio in the toolshed.†   (source)
  • Shiva has no need for friendship or social support or approval—Shiva lives in this moment.†   (source)
  • I heard Shiva's reply, and could judge from its echo that it had come from our childhood room.†   (source)
  • Shiva went on into the house, but I waited.†   (source)
  • As I was saying good-bye to Shiva, he handed me two books.†   (source)
  • Shiva and I instinctively clasped hands.†   (source)
  • " Shiva wasn't reading, but reciting word for word from memory.†   (source)
  • Ghosh was moved to tears seeing Shiva curled up there the next morning.†   (source)
  • Why didn't she come back with you and Shiva?†   (source)
  • I looked up to see Shiva standing in the big picture window, looking out.†   (source)
  • I was proof that the operation worked, but Shiva's death was proof of the attendant risks.†   (source)
  • It was midnight when we went to bed, Shiva and me crowded in with Ghosh and Hema.†   (source)
  • No, Shiva, we'll never forget you, I said to my reflection.†   (source)
  • Shiva jumped up to the board, uninvited, and wrote: 10,213,223.†   (source)
  • That was Shiva: he hated ambiguity, and he wanted things cut and dried.†   (source)
  • Moreover, I was a good eight feet away from where Shiva was getting bandaged.†   (source)
  • Genet could sprint faster than Shiva but could not quite beat me over a short distance.†   (source)
  • When she saw me with Shiva, she greeted us without comment.†   (source)
  • For weeks, there was only one person for whom she would attempt to wag her tail, and that was Shiva.†   (source)
  • Shiva said, "We haven't slept in this bed since you left."†   (source)
  • Our one hug after Shiva's passing was good for a lifetime.†   (source)
  • Shiva looked on, curious as to what I would do next.†   (source)
  • The remnants of the D team took Shiva to the recovery room and then waited in the locker room.†   (source)
  • The calm, methodical way he'd approached Shiva's problem was a side of him she hadn't appreciated.†   (source)
  • That night Shiva allowed me to explore his head.†   (source)
  • It was Mrs. Garretty at school who made the discovery about Shiva's having given up speech.†   (source)
  • Shiva was never tongue-tied around women.†   (source)
  • Shiva said with absolute certainty, "No, Ma.†   (source)
  • I never understood Shiva's reluctance to visit this room.†   (source)
  • "Sixty-six is my second-favorite number," Shiva said.†   (source)
  • He was taller than I'd realized from seeing him in the theater, almost as tall as Shiva or me.†   (source)
  • A rapt Shiva spurs me on and sends silent instructions: Throw it to me.†   (source)
  • Shiva, for once, did not have a ready reply.†   (source)
  • Shiva studied those onscreen smooches with great seriousness, cocking his head.†   (source)
  • SHIVA AND I HAD the same blood group as Ghosh.†   (source)
  • In a month, Shiva's liver would regenerate to its previous size.†   (source)
  • Rosina, one arm still around Shiva, allowed Gebrew to admire her gold tooth.†   (source)
  • "Where's Shiva?" she asked, sitting across from me.†   (source)
  • SHIVA AND HEMA went about their days ignorant of Ghosh's condition.†   (source)
  • Cricket for me and Shiva, and dance for Shiva and Genet.†   (source)
  • She didn't get a chance to speak, because Shiva had more to say: "Genet was at Marion's house, Ma.†   (source)
  • There was music, all right, and the sight of Hema leading Genet and Shiva in dance.†   (source)
  • And Shiva …. well, Shiva is no longer a virgin.†   (source)
  • Don't feel bound by duty to Shiva or Hema or Matron to stay here.†   (source)
  • Marion and Shiva; now he could not imagine any better names.†   (source)
  • THE TELEPHONE WAS NEVER a comfortable instrument in Shiva's hands.†   (source)
  • Years ago, over the telephone, I had asked him, "Shiva, what made you give me the book?"†   (source)
  • Shiva and I looked for that Delayed Afterbird on the trees of Missing, or high up in the sky.†   (source)
  • I convinced Shiva not to sleep on the floor in the corridor.†   (source)
  • Shiva put his hand on my shoulder, more to restrain me perhaps than to offer support.†   (source)
  • Or had she always had a soft spot for Shiva?†   (source)
  • SHIVA WAS UNAFFECTED BY COLD, fog, mist, or wetness, while I became morose and pessimistic.†   (source)
  • She came up very close to me, studying my face the way she often did to be sure I was not Shiva.†   (source)
  • "Can't get them to walk after surgery if they won't walk before," Shiva said.†   (source)
  • You rarely saw Shiva without his Gray's in his hand.†   (source)
  • "If you won't do it, maybe I should ask Shiva?†   (source)
  • Had Hema talked to Shiva, I suspect she would have found out everything.†   (source)
  • Hema, composed till then, pulled Shiva to her and kissed him on the forehead.†   (source)
  • THE TWINS WEREN'T EASY to tell apart but for the anklet which Hema had kept on Shiva as a talisman.†   (source)
  • Finally, Hema whispered, "Shiva …. what did you say?"†   (source)
  • When the taxi reached Shiva's toolshed I had the driver let me out.†   (source)
  • Shiva didn't have to write an essay on the battle of Hastings if he saw no point to it.†   (source)
  • Shiva had quietly followed every word from where he lay.†   (source)
  • Of course, I had no problem communicating with Shiva.†   (source)
  • Shiva stirred in his sleep; the anklet sounding reassuringly.†   (source)
  • But Shiva's escape was incomplete tonight; I knew, because in watching him, I felt no relief.†   (source)
  • It suits someone as single-minded as Shiva.†   (source)
  • The way he slid into his seat, the ease and fluidity of that motion, reminded me of Shiva.†   (source)
  • Shiva and I had arms around each other in our ancient pose.†   (source)
  • When I felt better I wrote, How is Shiva?†   (source)
  • He cleaned my face with one end of his kerchief and then used the other end on Shiva.†   (source)
  • When I next spoke to Hema, I asked her to congratulate Shiva for me.†   (source)
  • Shiva said, not bothering to lower his voice.†   (source)
  • It took her fifteen minutes to find Shiva, and ten more to get me.†   (source)
  • If they thought Shiva was done, they didn't know my brother.†   (source)
  • I had to admit the similarity to Shiva and therefore to me.†   (source)
  • For the rest of the holidays, Genet gravitated to Shiva.†   (source)
  • Unusual for Shiva, he asked Hema if she would stay home and not to go to work.†   (source)
  • Shiva is content wherever he is placed, as long as no one tries to remove his anklet.†   (source)
  • Hema reached for Shiva, wanting to hug him, tears of joy in her eyes.†   (source)
  • She clapped her hands in delight, and looked around for Shiva.†   (source)
  • They came to find Hema and Shiva seated across from Thomas Stone in the small meeting room.†   (source)
  • Seeing Hema's expression, Shiva quickly explained, "I mean take a part of my liver, Ma.†   (source)
  • But Shiva hardly blinked while Walid was out cold with a big gash on his skull.†   (source)
  • Shiva returned just as we were finishing dinner, pleased with his excursion to Akaki.†   (source)
  • He drove us there, Shiva and I sharing the front seat.†   (source)
  • I repair holes," said Shiva Praise Stone.†   (source)
  • I watched in astonishment as Shiva confronted Walid.†   (source)
  • I carried Genet to our old room, Shiva's room, which would now be hers.†   (source)
  • In the bathroom Shiva ran the tub and I got in.†   (source)
  • Shiva in the pram puts down his wooden truck, which his saliva has digested to a soggy pulp.†   (source)
  • My sketches were nothing like Shiva's, but they served me well.†   (source)
  • Over Greenland, she said to Shiva, "Perhaps this means Thomas Stone is near death, not Marion."†   (source)
  • SHIVA HAD SCRAPED HIS KNEES and blistered his hands.†   (source)
  • Then, with a nod from me, he injected morphine through Shiva's intravenous tubing.†   (source)
  • It is at such times that I feel my indebtedness to Shiva.†   (source)
  • She was reminded how often she took Shiva's eidetic gift for granted.†   (source)
  • I stood shaking with anger as Shiva stripped the bed.†   (source)
  • "Somehow women with fistula find their way to Shiva Praise Stone," the article said.†   (source)
  • She said she would remind Shiva to work on the visa.†   (source)
  • It was only when I woke up that I turned my attention to Shiva.†   (source)
  • AFTER BREAKFAST, Hema and Ghosh kiss Shiva and me good-bye.†   (source)
  • One night after supper, Matron dozed on the sofa while Shiva drew intently at the dining table.†   (source)
  • They didn't take the anklet off Shiva's foot, even though it was no longer needed.†   (source)
  • Shiva and I grinned like monkeys and pretended we weren't frightened.†   (source)
  • "Matron has a donor who wants to support nothing but fistula surgery," Shiva said.†   (source)
  • I was very close to Shiva when we were little boys.†   (source)
  • " "Marion, I made Shiva do what he did with me that night.†   (source)
  • Hema, Ghosh, Shiva were behind me, and even Genet, hearing the commotion, had dragged herself there.†   (source)
  • Deepak peeled away the tape that held the tracheal tube to Shiva's cheeks.†   (source)
  • Genet and I covered for Shiva's silence.†   (source)
  • Since Shiva couldn't do or wouldn't do what was required of him, he was no longer required to do it.†   (source)
  • Often when Shiva asked such a question, it was because he didn't see what was obvious to me.†   (source)
  • His fingers rested on Shiva's wrist, feeling the pulse.†   (source)
  • Shiva, Genet, and I snuck into the corridor to listen.†   (source)
  • I hadn't forgiven Shiva, so why forgive Thomas Stone?†   (source)
  • She could see the disappointment in Shiva's face.†   (source)
  • Shiva did find women beautiful—I'd seen that from the first time we visited the Version Clinic.†   (source)
  • "The King in Alice in Wonderland," Shiva said, "page ninety-three.†   (source)
  • Of course, Shiva, the issue is really the risk to you.†   (source)
  • "A soldier came with a key and he drove it away," Shiva said.†   (source)
  • Shiva's liver functioned beautifully in me year after year.†   (source)
  • I dressed and then hid myself behind Shiva's toolshed.†   (source)
  • Reading between the lines, I knew and she knew that Shiva had lost interest.†   (source)
  • Did you know that Shiva and I were craniophagus?†   (source)
  • I don't think Shiva ever read it, certainly not like he devoured his Gray's.†   (source)
  • Deepak entered in time to see Shiva lying on his side next to me, his head touching mine.†   (source)
  • "Yes," Shiva and I said easily, speaking in unison.†   (source)
  • "I'm right-handed, and Shiva's left-handed.†   (source)
  • Shiva, Hema, Matron, and I returned to the car to rest our feet, to get warm, to huddle.†   (source)
  • Shiva had nothing to say to that, and we walked in silence.†   (source)
  • Earlier, they had fed the twins, adding one drop of coffee to Shiva's bottle.†   (source)
  • "Marion," she said, "punish me, but not Shiva.†   (source)
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