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"How many monkeys' lives are worth the life of a child?" [she] wondered. She asked herself if God used this kind of measurement. (Part III, Chapter 1)

— Andrée Chedid Le sixième jour (1960)

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The rays of the sun were already less blinding as they fell on the walls of the white house. In the distance an arm of the Nile stretched toward the suppleness of a shadow.

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It was nothing. Nothing but a muffled, distant noise. If it had not been for the events of the last few weeks, it would have gone unnoticed. Nobody would have dreamed it was a shot.

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His voice swelled until it swallowed everything else in the house (Chapter 2)

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When your fingers can give birth to creatures who are closer to life than the living will ever be, you are not alone. (Chapter 12)

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You should not carry nightmares along with you, nor cover a child's footsteps with shadows. (Part III, Chapter 6)

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