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Did the International Committee of the Red Cross know anything about this? Did the United States? The UN? Yes, yes, and yes. And what did they do about it? Nothing. In the early days of the so-called repatriation, some seventy thousand
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“Another thing to study," Natalie said, amused. "Will you ever be done?"
I smiled into the sun, one hand holding my bonnet against the firm grasp of the wind. "I should hope not. How dreadfully tedious that would be.”
― The Tropic of Serpents
I smiled into the sun, one hand holding my bonnet against the firm grasp of the wind. "I should hope not. How dreadfully tedious that would be.”
― The Tropic of Serpents
“It's a wonderful feeling to have one's brain stretched and tested, to know both that one has knowledge, and that one is gaining more.”
― The Voyage of the Basilisk
― The Voyage of the Basilisk
“Together they sat in silence until Taylor said, 'Please stay with me.' The rabbit listened”
― The Rabbit Listened
― The Rabbit Listened
“I have made myself exceptional. It is a wonderful game, is it not? Because I am exceptional, anything I achieve does not reflect on my own sex, for of course I am not like them. Strange, though, how that division seems to vanish when we are speaking instead of my shortcomings. Then I am a woman, like any other.”
― In the Labyrinth of Drakes
― In the Labyrinth of Drakes
“One benefit of being an old woman now, and moreover one who has been called a "national treasure," is that there are very few who can tell me what I may and may not write.”
― A Natural History of Dragons
― A Natural History of Dragons
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