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“I have heard that in the New Zealand native tradition, the soul, when it dies, becomes a star.”
― The Luminaries
― The Luminaries
“A woman fallen has no future; a man risen has no past.”
― The Luminaries
― The Luminaries
“Dawn is such a private hour, don’t you think? Such a solitary hour. One always hears that said of midnight, but I think of midnight as remarkably companionable—everyone together, sleeping in the dark.” “I am afraid I am interrupting your solitude,” Anna said. “No, no,” the boy said. “Oh, no. Solitude is a condition best enjoyed in company.” He grinned at her, quickly, and Anna smiled back. “Especially the company of one other soul,” he added, turning back to the sea.”
― The Luminaries
― The Luminaries
“he built his persona as a shield around his person, because he knew very well how little his person could withstand.”
― The Luminaries
― The Luminaries
“He was not surly by temperment, and in fact did not find it difficult to form friendships, nor to allow those friendships to deepen, once they had been formed; he simply preferred to answer to himself. He disliked all burdens of responsibility, most especially when those responsibilities were expected, or enforced--and friendship nearly always devolved into matters of debt, guilt, and expectation.”
― The Luminaries
― The Luminaries
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