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  • I sat shiva for Isaac, and while I sat, I tried to understand.†   (source)
  • Afterward, the candles were lit, cushions were spread through the house, and I sat shiva for a week.†   (source)
  • Phaedrus wrote a letter from India about a pilgrimage to holy Mount Kailas, the source of the Ganges and the abode of Shiva, high in the Himalayas, in the company of a holy man and his adherents.†   (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)
  • 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)
  • "Shiva passes," said a monk, eyes wide with fear.†   (source)
  • So she tricked him, Shiva the Preserver.   (source)
  • All things made he—Shiva the Preserver.   (source)
  • All things made he—Shiva the Preserver.   (source)
  • Our father was a sacred bull of Shiva.   (source)
  • Saying kaddish and sitting shiva, that absolves them of any responsibility for you.†   (source)
  • They buried him before sundown that day and we sat shiva for him.†   (source)
  • Deepak entered in time to see Shiva lying on his side next to me, his head touching mine.†   (source)
  • Even though we buried her and sat shiva, none of it feels real.†   (source)
  • You would not eat after you sat shiva, after everyone went away.†   (source)
  • He'd swiped a photo of Kathy from her house when he'd been there for shiva.†   (source)
  • I asked to be alone with Shiva when he passed.†   (source)
  • "After sitting shiva, the depression set in," she goes on, ignoring me.†   (source)
  • I ran to the kitchen where Rosina, Genet, and Shiva were already at the window.†   (source)
  • It was Mrs. Garretty at school who made the discovery about Shiva's having given up speech.†   (source)
  • Finally, Hema whispered, "Shiva ....what did you say?"†   (source)
  • Hema, Ghosh, Shiva were behind me, and even Genet, hearing the commotion, had dragged herself there.†   (source)
  • SHIVA HAD SCRAPED HIS KNEES and blistered his hands.†   (source)
  • Only when Shiva saw that the puppies were quite still, a hillock of fur, only then did he stop.†   (source)
  • Ghosh put Silvadene on Shiva's burns and dressed his knees.†   (source)
  • Marion, I made Shiva do what he did with me that night.†   (source)
  • "When I told her it was Shiva," Genet said, "she slapped me.†   (source)
  • I confess, I mostly took Shiva's appearance for granted—he was my twin after all.†   (source)
  • Shiva in the pram puts down his wooden truck, which his saliva has digested to a soggy pulp.†   (source)
  • A rapt Shiva spurs me on and sends silent instructions: Throw it to me.†   (source)
  • I knew Shiva's rituals, but not the logic behind them.†   (source)
  • Do you remember the bookmark, Shiva, and the reference to a letter?†   (source)
  • Shiva looked on, curious as to what I would do next.†   (source)
  • Shiva didn't have to write an essay on the battle of Hastings if he saw no point to it.†   (source)
  • I said to her, "It would have been better if you and Shiva had buried me.†   (source)
  • Genet, Shiva, and I swarmed all over her, hugging her.†   (source)
  • Shiva was never tongue-tied around women.†   (source)
  • Genet could sprint faster than Shiva but could not quite beat me over a short distance.†   (source)
  • Shiva was already fingering his Pelicano.†   (source)
  • Shiva did find women beautiful—I'd seen that from the first time we visited the Version Clinic.†   (source)
  • That night I told Shiva I was moving to a room in Ghosh's old quarters.†   (source)
  • What he got was 144, at which point both he and Shiva said, "Twelve squared!"†   (source)
  • Thomas, do you think I would want to subject Shiva to a risk he couldn't surmount?†   (source)
  • I dressed and then hid myself behind Shiva's toolshed.†   (source)
  • Genet and I covered for Shiva's silence.†   (source)
  • Shiva touched my shoulder, and whispered in my ear.†   (source)
  • I checked the source, and sure enough, the line was there, but Shiva's was thicker, darker.†   (source)
  • He told himself that once the infant, this Shiva, was over its breathing problem, he would leave.†   (source)
  • It began during the night vigils with Shiva and it had helped her through her shift.†   (source)
  • Did you know that Shiva and I were craniophagus?†   (source)
  • Shiva's eyes, coming into focus, asked the question.†   (source)
  • Hema reached for Shiva, wanting to hug him, tears of joy in her eyes.†   (source)
  • Shiva held me back, whether from his desire to be a peacemaker or to protect her, I couldn't say.†   (source)
  • SHIVA AND HEMA went about their days ignorant of Ghosh's condition.†   (source)
  • "And this must be Shiva," he said, unfazed at seeing Shiva in my bed.†   (source)
  • Seeing Hema's expression, Shiva quickly explained, "I mean take a part of my liver, Ma.†   (source)
  • But Shiva's escape was incomplete tonight; I knew, because in watching him, I felt no relief.†   (source)
  • SHIVA AND I HAD the same blood group as Ghosh.†   (source)
  • He cleaned my face with one end of his kerchief and then used the other end on Shiva.†   (source)
  • She came up very close to me, studying my face the way she often did to be sure I was not Shiva.†   (source)
  • Shiva has had the plans drawn out for years.†   (source)
  • Deepak peeled away the tape that held the tracheal tube to Shiva's cheeks.†   (source)
  • Shiva, when it was his turn, found us just as quickly.†   (source)
  • Shiva said, "We haven't slept in this bed since you left."†   (source)
  • Shiva said, "One day we'll have sex with women.†   (source)
  • I'd never heard Shiva speak sarcastically to me, and it felt cutting, ugly.†   (source)
  • But then when she and Shiva ....I threw myself into my studies.†   (source)
  • The cowbell was tonally related to the chime of Shiva's anklet.†   (source)
  • I studied Shiva's face at the dining table.†   (source)
  • In a moment, she pulled away, and they stood arm in arm, Almaz just behind them, gazing at Shiva.†   (source)
  • But, Shiva, has that ever been done—transplanting part of a liver?†   (source)
  • But Shiva hardly blinked while Walid was out cold with a big gash on his skull.†   (source)
  • Shiva had no such qualms because he stayed in the toolshed late into the night.†   (source)
  • But with a perfect match ....Of course, Shiva, the issue is really the risk to you.†   (source)
  • Ghosh was moved to tears seeing Shiva curled up there the next morning.†   (source)
  • Shiva and I, so new to life, were startled by that unearthly sound.†   (source)
  • When I felt better I wrote, How is Shiva?†   (source)
  • It was Shiva's idea to deworm them and correct iron deficiency anemia before surgery.†   (source)
  • But you understand Shiva better than anyone.†   (source)
  • Subconsciously, at least, she blamed me for Shiva.†   (source)
  • Shiva had quietly followed every word from where he lay.†   (source)
  • I saw Hema and Stone and I looked for Shiva.†   (source)
  • "I took it apart," Shiva had said, when I asked.†   (source)
  • "I can't say it to a man," Shiva said, looking impatient.†   (source)
  • Shiva, Genet, and I fixed sandwiches while Rosina looked on, distracted.†   (source)
  • Connecting Shiva's liver, or rather his right lobe, was a laborious process.†   (source)
  • That was Shiva: he hated ambiguity, and he wanted things cut and dried.†   (source)
  • Her absence allowed me to now see clearly what I'd overlooked before—that she favored Shiva.†   (source)
  • Shiva could reproduce that page, complete with balloons, lettering, and crosshatch shading.†   (source)
  • When we came here, Shiva told me everything.†   (source)
  • Shiva said with absolute certainty, "No, Ma.†   (source)
  • Shiva and I instinctively clasped hands.†   (source)
  • The adults looked at Shiva and then at me.†   (source)
  • They came to find Hema and Shiva seated across from Thomas Stone in the small meeting room.†   (source)
  • I never understood Shiva's reluctance to visit this room.†   (source)
  • Had Hema talked to Shiva, I suspect she would have found out everything.†   (source)
  • The teachers knew us and they understood Shiva as well as one could understand Shiva.†   (source)
  • In a month, Shiva's liver would regenerate to its previous size.†   (source)
  • When I could bear to look, I saw Shiva standing as if nothing had happened.†   (source)
  • Of late, particularly on weekends, Shiva went off on his own and I hadn't given it much thought.†   (source)
  • "A soldier came with a key and he drove it away," Shiva said.†   (source)
  • The first step was to remove Shiva's gallbladder.†   (source)
  • Reluctantly, on that first night, I had given Genet my word that I wouldn't confront Shiva.†   (source)
  • With Deepak's assistance I climbed onto Shiva's bed.†   (source)
  • No, Shiva, we'll never forget you, I said to my reflection.†   (source)
  • I watched in astonishment as Shiva confronted Walid.†   (source)
  • What I owe Shiva most is this: to tell the story.†   (source)
  • I stood shaking with anger as Shiva stripped the bed.†   (source)
  • I wondered why Shiva had put it in my hands.†   (source)
  • It was midnight when we went to bed, Shiva and me crowded in with Ghosh and Hema.†   (source)
  • Shiva is content wherever he is placed, as long as no one tries to remove his anklet.†   (source)
  • Shiva returned just as we were finishing dinner, pleased with his excursion to Akaki.†   (source)
  • Hema gathered Almaz, Gebrew, W.W., Ghosh, Shiva, and me.†   (source)
  • "A perfect match is what you would have if you took the liver from me," Shiva said.†   (source)
  • Attack me and cast me away, but leave Shiva alone.†   (source)
  • Shiva, Genet, and Hema were at the dinner table, Rosina serving.†   (source)
  • Rosina, one arm still around Shiva, allowed Gebrew to admire her gold tooth.†   (source)
  • They didn't take the anklet off Shiva's foot, even though it was no longer needed.†   (source)
  • Moreover, I was a good eight feet away from where Shiva was getting bandaged.†   (source)
  • If any part of Shiva's brain was alive, we didn't want it to sense pain, or fear, or suffocation.†   (source)
  • She'd taught Shiva and Genet a complex series of steps and poses in the time I'd been out.†   (source)
  • Unbeknownst to Shiva and me, Hema had operated on her three times.†   (source)
  • In the bathroom Shiva ran the tub and I got in.†   (source)
  • She didn't get a chance to speak, because Shiva had more to say: "Genet was at Marion's house, Ma.†   (source)
  • I convinced Shiva not to sleep on the floor in the corridor.†   (source)
  • The dull thud of their heads left me in mortal fear for Shiva.†   (source)
  • Shiva went on into the house, but I waited.†   (source)
  • I heard Shiva's reply, and could judge from its echo that it had come from our childhood room.†   (source)
  • The calm, methodical way he'd approached Shiva's problem was a side of him she hadn't appreciated.†   (source)
  • But now, when her newborns, her Shiva and Marion, cried, it was like no other earthly sound.†   (source)
  • I don't think Shiva ever read it, certainly not like he devoured his Gray's.†   (source)
  • It was only when I woke up that I turned my attention to Shiva.†   (source)
  • Shiva said in English, his deadpan expression revealing nothing.†   (source)
  • But Shiva may not know how to do it, how to ....heal him.†   (source)
  • Farinachi had been asked to manufacture a part, and he wanted Shiva to come and see the giant looms.†   (source)
  • As I was saying good-bye to Shiva, he handed me two books.†   (source)
  • She could see the disappointment in Shiva's face.†   (source)
  • Do you remember me?" she said, looking uncertainly from me to Shiva.†   (source)
  • She was reminded how often she took Shiva's eidetic gift for granted.†   (source)
  • "It can also be acquired by sexual intercourse," Shiva said, addressing Thomas Stone.†   (source)
  • Shiva had fashioned new instruments in his workshop and invented new techniques.†   (source)
  • His fingers rested on Shiva's wrist, feeling the pulse.†   (source)
  • Shiva, Genet, and I had entered the world almost in unison.†   (source)
  • Kids need a certain cunning when it comes to dealing with adults, and somehow Shiva had none.†   (source)
  • "TELL ME ABOUT IT, Shiva," Genet whispered from behind her book, Chemistry by Concept.†   (source)
  • Shiva studied those onscreen smooches with great seriousness, cocking his head.†   (source)
  • THAT NIGHT SHIVA and I slept with Hema in her bed.†   (source)
  • Or had she always had a soft spot for Shiva?†   (source)
  • Shiva was in her arms, and Rosina held Marion.†   (source)
  • Over Greenland, she said to Shiva, "Perhaps this means Thomas Stone is near death, not Marion."†   (source)
  • Shiva asked, looking up from the book he had brought to the table.†   (source)
  • Once Ghosh died, I returned to his old quarters, leaving Shiva in our childhood room.†   (source)
  • SHIVA WAS UNAFFECTED BY COLD, fog, mist, or wetness, while I became morose and pessimistic.†   (source)
  • My pajama bottom was soaked; Shiva had been spared.†   (source)
  • Hema, at any time if you or Shiva have a change of heart, all you need to do is say so.†   (source)
  • THE TWINS WEREN'T EASY to tell apart but for the anklet which Hema had kept on Shiva as a talisman.†   (source)
  • AS WE WALKED to our bungalow, Shiva said, "Why didn't we go inside?†   (source)
  • THE TELEPHONE WAS NEVER a comfortable instrument in Shiva's hands.†   (source)
  • It took her fifteen minutes to find Shiva, and ten more to get me.†   (source)
  • She looked at Shiva as if his question was impertinent.†   (source)
  • "Matron has a donor who wants to support nothing but fistula surgery," Shiva said.†   (source)
  • Our one hug after Shiva's passing was good for a lifetime.†   (source)
  • Shiva, Genet, and I snuck into the corridor to listen.†   (source)
  • When I was back in my room, Thomas Stone brought up Shiva's CAT scan.†   (source)
  • "Thank you, Shiva," I said, hoping it didn't sound sarcastic.†   (source)
  • Cricket for me and Shiva, and dance for Shiva and Genet.†   (source)
  • Shiva, Hema, Matron, and I returned to the car to rest our feet, to get warm, to huddle.†   (source)
  • Shiva went to Version Clinic whenever our school schedule allowed.†   (source)
  • AMONG SHIVA'S BELONGINGS in his room, I found a key on a key-holder shaped like the Congo.†   (source)
  • Reading between the lines, I knew and she knew that Shiva had lost interest.†   (source)
  • The second surprise was the book under Shiva's precious Gray's Anatomy.†   (source)
  • "That's what makes sixty-six special," Shiva said.†   (source)
  • How long had Shiva posessed the book and bookmark?†   (source)
  • You know how Shiva is different ....how he thinks in another way?†   (source)
  • Shiva was in rapture, grinning from ear to ear.†   (source)
  • AFTER BREAKFAST, Hema and Ghosh kiss Shiva and me good-bye.†   (source)
  • Shiva had his hands over his ears, and his eyes were moist.†   (source)
  • Shiva jumped up to the board, uninvited, and wrote: 10,213,223.†   (source)
  • When I next spoke to Hema, I asked her to congratulate Shiva for me.†   (source)
  • "Marion, all women are beautiful," Shiva said.†   (source)
  • Shiva slid one of the articles over to her.†   (source)
  • Shiva slept with her, and I felt responsible?†   (source)
  • Don't feel bound by duty to Shiva or Hema or Matron to stay here.†   (source)
  • Shiva was my proxy, just as I had been his when Almaz had given me her breast.†   (source)
  • It suits someone as single-minded as Shiva.†   (source)
  • If I tell Shiva that it's my dying wish, he'd do it.†   (source)
  • Shiva and I had arms around each other in our ancient pose.†   (source)
  • "Traitor," I said to Shiva, under my breath.†   (source)
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