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“Jude understood then how even the things you loved most could kill you. He stored this knowledge in his bones…”
“He thought of himself as an island in the middle of the ocean, with no hope of seeing another island in the distance, or even a ship passing by.”

“…crouching under the weight of all those hours outside walking together, my body, my shadow, and the moon. It is terribly true, even if the truth does not comfort, that if you look at the moon for long enough night after night, as I have, you will see that the moon is, in fact, laughing.”