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This is how it began, out of water, out of clay, out of air, when it was not expected, when it should have never happened, when no one else understood who she was. (p113)

— Alice Hoffman The World That We Knew (2019)

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When all is said and done, the weather and love are the two elements about which one can never be sure.

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My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage.

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The weak are cruel. The strong have no need to be.

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