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“It had always seemed to Emily, ever since she could remember, that she was very, very near to a world of wonderful beauty. Between it and herself hung only a thin curtain; she could never draw the curtain aside-- but sometimes, just for a moment, a wind fluttered it and then it was as if she caught a glimpse of the enchanting realm beyond-- only a glimpse-- and heard a note of unearthly music.”
― L.M. Montgomery, Emily of New Moon

“It is the minds of a people that have to stay free. Bodies die, or suffer, or are imprisoned. Memory lasts.”
― Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace

“It takes a long time sometimes," she said, "It can take a terrible long time before things sort themselves out.”
― Tove Jansson, Moominpappa at Sea

“Most people were heartless about turtles because a turtle’s heart will beat for hours after it has been cut up and butchered. But the old man thought, I have such a heart too.”
― Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea