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Misfortune always comes to those who wait. The trick is to find happiness in the brief gaps between disasters.
“Even before his brain digests these sights, his body—skin, nerve endings, lungs, heart—recognizes the geography of his birth. He never understood how much it mattered. Every bit of this lush landscape is his; its every atom contains him.”
― The Covenant of Water
― The Covenant of Water
“Whatever is next for me, whatever the story of my life, the roots that must nourish it are here.”
― The Covenant of Water
― The Covenant of Water
“You can’t walk across a lake just because you change its name to “land.” Labels matter.”
― The Covenant of Water
― The Covenant of Water
“All water is connected and only land and people are discontinuous. And his land is a place where he can no longer stay.”
― The Covenant of Water
― The Covenant of Water
“In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― The Covenant of Water
― The Covenant of Water
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