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“For him we were as good as dead; each of us was carrying around his own death certificate, from which only the date was missing.”
― The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness
― The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness
“When you lose that many parts of yourself, it hurts. And when you realize those parts are irreplaceable, you become lost too.”
― The Temperature of Me and You
― The Temperature of Me and You
“I stood up and looked in his direction, at his folded hands. Between then there seemed to rest a sunflower.
At last I made up my mind and without a word I left the room.”
― The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness
At last I made up my mind and without a word I left the room.”
― The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness
“Did he know already that he would get a sunflower when he was buried? The murderer would own something even when he was dead…And I?”
― The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness
― The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness
“But clean, in that dress, holding Marietta and Freddy’s hands, I felt like somebody’s somebody.”
― The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After
― The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After
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