While Tate teaches Kya how to read:
Slowly, she unraveled each word of the sentence: "'There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot.'"
"Oh," she said. "Oh."
"You can read, Kya. There will never be a time again when you can't read."
"It ain't just that." She spoke almost in a whisper. "I didn't know a sentence could be so full."
He smiled. "That's a very good sentence. Not all words hold that much."
- Delia Owens in Where The Crawdads Sing
Slowly, she unraveled each word of the sentence: "'There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot.'"
"Oh," she said. "Oh."
"You can read, Kya. There will never be a time again when you can't read."
"It ain't just that." She spoke almost in a whisper. "I didn't know a sentence could be so full."
He smiled. "That's a very good sentence. Not all words hold that much."
- Delia Owens in Where The Crawdads Sing