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She liked her room back home in Drere, too, as shabby as it was, but that was more because, in that unhappy house, it was the only spot that was hers, the one place she could escape to read her books or imagine a life somewhere else or just be alone with her thoughts.
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Christmas Eve is a magical time," he said. "It is one of the few nights of the year-perhaps the only night of the year-when the spirit of love and peace seems to settle on everyone, regardless of who they are or where they live or what circumstances they find themselves in. It is as though the spirit of the evening folds everyone inside itself, making it impossible to feel scared or alone.
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― Winterhouse
― Winterhouse
