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The Fire Concerto: A Novel

by Sarah Landenwich (Goodreads Author)

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Alaina’s Quotes

“So much of desire, at that age, was a willful act. Trying so hard to slur the rough, disappointing edges of boys into the shape of someone we could love.”
― Emma Cline, The Girls

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“Those burdens are what make medicine holy and wholly impossible: in taking up another’s cross, one must sometimes get crushed by the weight.”
― Paul Kalanithi, When Breath Becomes Air

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“The face one wears as an adult is a mask that's cut to fit in her youth.”
― Jill Alexander Essbaum, Hausfrau

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“The past beats inside me like a second heart.”
― John Banville, The Sea

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“To each her own fear. But I don't want to watch my life unfold. I want to unfold it myself, if you will. If there's something I want to do? I do it. If there's something I want? I chase it. And I Catch it. If I believe in something, I support it. If none of those things? Then ... nothing. Then I let it go.”
― Jill Alexander Essbaum, Hausfrau

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