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“The emotional shell around you is so hard, everything inside has got to be still intact.” 192

“‘How can the mind be so imperfect?’
‘It may well be imperfect, but it leaves traces. And we can follow those traces, like footsteps in the snow.’
‘Where do they lead?’
‘To oneself.’” 185

“Then she reaches out across the table and places her hand on mine. She smiles. A smile that promises spring.

‘Unclose your mind. You are not a prisoner. You are a bird in flight, searching the skies for dreams,’”. 183

“From what I can see, you seem to have taken a fancy to the Librarian,” volunteers the Colonel. “I do not mean to pry, but you called out to her in your fever dream.” 169

“What was lost was lost. There was no retrieving it, however you schemed, no returning to how things were, no going back.” 164

“Unreasonably, my sorrow only seems to grow, to deepen. Whatever is the loss becomes greater each time we meet. It is a well that will never be filled.” 149

“Maybe l’d have a mountain retreat, a pretty little cabin where I could read my books, listen to music, watch old movies on video, do some cooking,... And it wouldn't be half bad if my long-haired librarian were there with me. I'd cook and she'd eat.” 126

“A body who works bad thinks bad, I always say.” 108