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Pain, there was so much pain everywhere and in everyone. The only difference was between those who managed to hide it and those who no longer could.
“Love is the bold affirmation of hope.”
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― The Island of Missing Trees
“– when all was said and done, what was left of an entire life, a human being … and could that really be disinterred from the ground?”
― The Island of Missing Trees
― The Island of Missing Trees
“Upon deciding to travel to the island, Kostas had called him, hoping he could be the bridge that would take him to Defne, knowing that bridges appear in our lives only when we are ready to cross them.”
― The Island of Missing Trees
― The Island of Missing Trees
“You don’t fall in love in the midst of a civil war, when you are hemmed in by carnage and by hatred on all sides. You run away, as fast as your legs can carry your fears, seeking basic survival and nothing else.”
― The Island of Missing Trees
― The Island of Missing Trees
“Pain, there was so much pain everywhere and in everyone. The only difference was between those who managed to hide it and those who no longer could.”
― The Island of Missing Trees
― The Island of Missing Trees
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