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She squeezed her wrist, fingers closing over pale burn scars, and inhaled. Focus. In the corner, a water clock rang softly. “Begin,” said the examiner. A hundred test booklets were opened with a flapping noise, like a flock of sparrows
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“They could hardly be blamed for their ill temper, since our vaunted premier had gone on the radio the day before to ask all soldiers and citizens to fight to the last man. It was pointless to point out that the premier, who was also the air marshal and who should not be confused with the president except in his venality and vanity, had himself left on a helicopter shortly after broadcasting his heroic message.”
― The Sympathizer
― The Sympathizer
“The route from villa to airport was as uncomplicated as anything could be in Saigon”
― The Sympathizer
― The Sympathizer
“The dowager seemed to hesitate for a moment”
― 1Q84
― 1Q84
“It wasn’t really that I was more eager to learn about the outside than Rosa: she was, in her own way, excited and observant, and as anxious as I was to prepare herself to be as kind and helpful an AF as possible. But the more I watched, the more I wanted to learn, and unlike Rosa, I became puzzled, then increasingly fascinated by the more mysterious emotions passers-by would display in front of us.”
― Klara and the Sun
― Klara and the Sun
“You don’t get it,” she said. “Don’t get what?” “We are one.” “We are one?” Tengo asked with a shock. “We wrote the book together.”
― 1Q84
― 1Q84
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