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Her shoulders sagging, her back hunched, her eyelids tired, Rose-Anna sewed for the feast, not daring even to sing for fear of frightening off her joy.

— Gabrielle Roy The Tin Flute (1945)

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The more the heart is sated with joy, the more it becomes insatiable.

Where Nests the Water Hen (1951)

Rose-Anna was tugging at the edge of her apron with a tired, futile gesture she had never made in the past – the grandmother’s gesture.

The Tin Flute (1945)

Running anywhere, blindly, hating the echo of her footsteps in the silence of the empty streets, Florentine fled from her own fear, fled from herself.

The Tin Flute (1945)

Where could you find a light to guide the world?

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Because you’d be running after your own unhappiness.

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