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“Look in the face of your beloved,
For in that mirror, you will see yourself.”
― The Blood of Flowers
For in that mirror, you will see yourself.”
― The Blood of Flowers
“They lived in such a deep state of feeling for each other, whether love or hate, that it surrounded them like the weather.”
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“My mother had comforted me with tales ever since I was small. Sometimes they helped me peel a problem like an onion, or gave me ideas about what to do; other times, they calmed me so much that I would fall into a soothing sleep. My father used to say that her tales were better than the best medicine. Sighing, I burrowed into my mother's body like a child, knowing that the sound of her voice would be a balm on my heart.”
― The Blood of Flowers
― The Blood of Flowers
“Watching teething babies is like watching over a thermonuclear reactor--it is best done in shifts, by well-rested people.”
― Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World
― Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World
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