They got the land, fine, but it’s not enough. They want submission. They want to feel good about it when they rip things out of our hands. But they won’t get me again. And they won’t get my children, either. I have to go after them. I have
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“Ellen had said that her mother was afraid of the ocean, that it was too cold and too big. The sky was, too, thought Annemarie. The whole world was: too cold, too big. And too cruel. ”
― Number the Stars
― Number the Stars
“I wish I could have a cupcake,”
― Number the Stars
― Number the Stars
“The sky was, too, thought Annemarie. The whole world was: too cold, too big. And too cruel.”
― Number the Stars
― Number the Stars
“Dangers were no more than odd imaginings, like ghost stories that children made up to frighten one another: things that couldn't possibly happen.”
― Number the Stars
― Number the Stars
“Mama was crying, and the rain made it seem as if the whole world was crying.”
― Number the Stars
― Number the Stars
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