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“And even if you were a pawn - maybe we all are - then you should remember that a pawn is the most magical piece of all. It might look small and ordinary but it isn’t. Because a pawn is never just a pawn. A pawn is a queen-in-waiting. All you need to do is find a way to keep moving forward. One square after another. And you can get to the other side and unlock all kinds of power.”

“She was in shock. But it was a slightly different kind of shock than the others on the dinghy assumed. It wasn’t the shock of having been close to death. It was the shock of realizing she actually wanted to live.”

“Maybe in some lives you just float around and expect nothing else and don’t even try to change. Maybe that was most lives.”

“ Nora shook her head. Wishing it would fall off. Her own head. Onto the floor. So she would never have a conversation with a stranger ever again.”

“According to science, you start off as coal and you end up as coal maybe that was the real life lesson.”