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Janine

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“There are no words from this world for the entrance into the Darkness, no words for the last bite.”
― Mariana Enríquez, Our Share of Night

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“She could not say why; he just seemed like the kind of man who healed, rather than wounded.”
― An Yu, Braised Pork

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“Boys get to keep that confidence [as they age], I think; girls have to give it back like it never really belonged to them.”
― Nat Cassidy, Mary

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“She tried to control herself rigidly, saying to herself, "I won't look at him for another half hour." But all to no avail. She would sneak a glimpse, his eyes would flicker, and there she would be again, imprisoned by an amused smile and a raised eyebrow.”
― Louis de Bernières, Captain Corelli's Mandolin filmscript

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“You see, I have never felt the need to invent a world beyond this world, for this world has always seemed large and beautiful enough for me. I have wondered why it is not large and beautiful enough for others -- why they must dream up new and marvelous spheres, or long to live elsewhere, beyond this dominion...All I ever wanted was to know *this* world.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, The Signature of All Things

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