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― The Art of Memoir
― The Art of Memoir
“I think you can never know what you can live without. I think you can never know what you will live through. Only when the disaster arrives and you are there does the depth of your real inner resources reveal itself, and not a moment before.”
― The Queen of the Night
― The Queen of the Night
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“When the earth opens up under your feet, be like a seed. Fall down; wait for the rain.”
― The Queen of the Night
― The Queen of the Night
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― The Eagle Tree
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