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“Was it possible that only our neighbourhood was filled with conflicts and violence, while the rest of the city was radiant, benevolent?” p137

“Tell (Lila) that now you’re going to study Greek, too. Tell her.” p125

“Now Melina expects him, and if Sarratore doesn’t come she’ll suffer more than she’s suffered till now.” p129

“”…she took the facts and in a natural way charged them with tension; she intensified reality as she reduced it to words, she injected it with energy…and I tried and it came easily.” p130

“…with the money from Don Achille, she bought a book: Little Women.” p68

“…we went to expose ourselves to fear and interrogate it.” p29

“(Our dolls) weren’t happy. The terrors that we tasted every day were theirs.” p31

“…I did many things in my life without conviction…” p34

“…(Lila) spoke so much of that absurd thing - before us - when we didn’t exist…” p36

“I feel no nostalgia for our childhood: it was full of violence.” p37