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Catriona Murphy
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A Question of Identity
In Return of the Starchild, Iliana, the main character, seeks closure to a part of her identity that has always alluded her – her biological family. What was a small yearning at the beginning of the novel becomes nearly an obsession towards the end. Her need to know where she comes from is very human, it can almost be said to apply to most of us. Origin is an intrinsic part of identity and can act
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“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”
― The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
― The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”
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“The human race is a monotonous affair. Most people spend the greatest part of their time working in order to live, and what little freedom remains so fills them with fear that they seek out any and every means to be rid of it.”
― The Sorrows of Young Werther
― The Sorrows of Young Werther
“A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.”
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“I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be.”
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