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“someone will remember us
I say
even in another time”
― Sappho, If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho

“I wanted to tell the book thief many things, about beauty and brutality. But what could I tell her about those things that she didn't already know? I wanted to explain that I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race-that rarely do I ever simply estimate it. I wanted to ask her how the same thing could be so ugly and so glorious, and its words and stories so damning and brilliant.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“The bright side of the moon could not exist without the half wrapped in shadow. A half-life is not substantial, not sustainable. You cannot cut out half your heart and live.”
― Thomas Lloyd Qualls, Painted Oxen

“I wanted you to have a place where you felt safe enough to cry if I could not be with you.”
― Erin Morgenstern