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“beauty was another way to discount her, to not see her.”

“I always thought it was what i wanted: to be loved and admired. Now I think perhaps I’d like my to be known”

In reference to her son not understanding her hold on the past memorabilia.

“In love we find out who we want to be, in war we find out who we are”

Hopefully this sets the tone for the rest of the book.

“this is a problem with a life like Addie’s…so used to losing things, she isn’t sure how to hold them”

“Do not mistake this—any of it—for kindness, Adeline… I simply want to be the one who breaks you”

Luc’s response to adeline when she expresses confusion about how he saves her sometimes and lets her suffer in others.