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one too many AI-generated papers waiting for me to grade for my college English 101 class, I set off on a sixteen-hour road trip alone.
“It was just after the war. There was nothing left in Warsaw for me. He and his brother were coming to Krakow to make a fresh start. And he loved me so. He would have done anything for me.”
― A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True
― A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True
“I keep repeating the conversation with Taduesz in mind, reaching out to touch it to make sure it doesn't disappear.”
― A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True
― A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True
“I note how calm she looks and how focused she is. She is well-practiced in the art of losing herself. I can't say the same of myself.”
― Divergent
― Divergent
“I was lying there on the floor, feeling a cold draft tiptoe down the hall and into the living room, and all of a sudden I felt very, very lonely.”
― Strange Angels
― Strange Angels
“I press my back against the wall and feel the pressure of it against my whole body. I want to feel enclosed again, protected, safe as I was in the village. I wrap the blanket tightly around me, and I try to comfort myself by thinking about Tadeusz, but the loneliness that has opened up inside me is bigger than one person can fill.”
― A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True
― A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True
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