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“You go away for a long time and return a different person - you never come all the way back.”
― Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town
― Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town
“Most of what she knew, she'd learned from the wild. Nature had nurtured, tutored, and protected her when no one else would. If consequences resulted from her behaving differently then they too were functions of life's fundamental core. Tate's devotion eventually convinced her that human love is more than the bizarre mating competitions of the marsh creatures. But life also taught her than ancient genes for survival still persist in undesirable forms among the twists and turns of man's genetic code. For Kya it was enough to be part of this natural sequence as sure as the tides. Kya was bonded to her planet and its life in a way few people are. Rooted solid in this earth. Born of this mother.”
― Where the Crawdads Sing
― Where the Crawdads Sing
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