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"Zia June lavorava giorno e notte, e in piú ci portava in giro, e siccome ero un bambino non ci facevo tanto caso, finché una sera non tornò tardissimo, o forse era mattina presto. Ero sveglio, ma non volevo spaventarla dicendo qualcosa. Dopo un po’
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“I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,
Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows,
Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine,
With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine.”
― A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows,
Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine,
With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine.”
― A Midsummer Night’s Dream
“I want to write about people who dream and wait for the night to end, who long for the light so they can hold the ones they love.”
― After the Quake
― After the Quake
“When the fire goes out, you'll start feeling the cold. You'll wake up whether you want to or not.”
― After the Quake
― After the Quake
“His jest shall savour but a shallow wit, when thousands more weep than did laugh it.”
― Henry V
― Henry V
“Blessings be on this house," Granny said, perfunctorily. It was always a good opening remark for a witch. It concentrated people's minds on what other things might be on this house.”
― Witches Abroad
― Witches Abroad
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