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Diane B. Saxton
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NYC, The United States
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Wallace Stegner, Barry Unsworth, Elizabeth Strout, Sarah Waters, Donna
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May 2016
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Peregrine Island: A Novel
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published
2016
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3 editions
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“Think how wonderful it might be to no longer matter, Mrs. Peregrine. Think how wonderful it might be to no longer worry, struggle… or fail.”
― Peregrine Island: A Novel
― Peregrine Island: A Novel
“The inherent mystery itself: that elusive brightness that flows out of dreams; the brightness that, when we awaken, is already fading from our minds—I still pursued it almost every morning, in spite of my many hours of tortured sleep.”
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“At the time, however, I didn't realize the extent of my granddaughter's sensitivity - or her loneliness. I thought only of myself. Of my own sensitivity and my own loneliness.”
― Peregrine Island: A Novel
― Peregrine Island: A Novel
“… I studied the painting that hangs over the small fireplace. Immerse myself in art, I told myself. Immerse myself in the conversation of those strollers, people who seem to move about more comfortably in their early-evening twilight than I do, people of maybe sixty years ago.”
― Peregrine Island: A Novel
― Peregrine Island: A Novel
“Think how wonderful it might be to no longer matter, Mrs. Peregrine. Think how wonderful it might be to no longer worry, struggle… or fail.”
― Peregrine Island: A Novel
― Peregrine Island: A Novel
“The inherent mystery itself: that elusive brightness that flows out of dreams; the brightness that, when we awaken, is already fading from our minds—I still pursued it almost every morning, in spite of my many hours of tortured sleep.”
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