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Sorrow filled me as I backed away, both unwilling and unable to let her go. She was more than just my mother—she was my friend, one of my only confidants. But she was right. My future lay in the east, far beyond our village, and it was
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“He was hanging from one of the rafters in a laundry up near Frau Diller’s. Another human pendulum. Another clock, stopped.”
― The Book Thief
― The Book Thief
“We stood in silence for some time, the fire pit all that separated me from Wacław. The real distance was far greater. We’d been an entire realm apart for the last moon, but I’d felt closer to him then than I did now. A thousand words filled my mind. None were enough.”
― The Daughters of the Earth
― The Daughters of the Earth
“I reached for our connection in hopes of understanding his emotions. Instead, I found only a wasteland. A completion, severed. An ending that could’ve been. And in that moment, I wished for all the pain in the realms, as nothing could be worse than the emptiness dividing our souls.”
― The Daughters of the Earth
― The Daughters of the Earth
“Yes, I know it. In the darkness of my dark-beating heart, I know. He’d have loved it all right. You see? Even death has a heart.”
― The Book Thief
― The Book Thief
“To be human is to fear death, to fight for things to be better for yourself and the people you love, and to find joy in the smallest moments. When you’re immortal, each day means nothing. You can move slowly and plan for decades. Mortals don’t have that luxury, so each moment is crucial, even if you don’t realize it at the time.”
― The Daughters of the Earth
― The Daughters of the Earth
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