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A little remorse they felt too in front of those who knew nothing, but it made their memories all the sweeter, for remorse is the best spice of all. (p. 243)

— Stig Dagerman A Burnt Child (1948)

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To die is to become like a child, at last one knows nothing, nothing of death and nothing of life, only that all distances are equally long and all words unintelligible but beautiful. (p. 251)

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When you're called up you don't need many personal belongings — not when you love either. (p. 203)

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Browsing in books as lovers do, they were only being considerate, because their tenderness to each other made them tender towards others as well. (p. 192)

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I come to understand what purity is: it means to feel something so wholeheartedly that it shrivels up all doubts, all cowardice and all considerations within one. (p. 199)

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It made her pure, and those we love must be pure, otherwise we can't love them. But loving a person is also making her pure. (p. 189)

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