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“Marco had examined every inch of Guayanés Beach, where coconut palms that once grew along the shore in majestic rows lay crisscrossed in the sand like scattered pencils.”
― A Delicate Marriage
― A Delicate Marriage

“Johann Clement watched the blows fall. First there had been wild talk and then printed accusations and insinuations. Then came a boycott of Jewish business and professional people, then the public humiliations: beatings and beard pullings. Then came the night terror of the Brown Shirts. Then came the concentration camps. Gestapo, SS, SD, KRIPO, RSHA. Soon every family in Germany was under Nazi scrutiny, and the grip of tyranny tightened until the last croak of defiance strangled and died.”
― Exodus
― Exodus

“Agnosco veteris vestigia flammae.”
― The Aeneid
― The Aeneid

“Lovers who kill each other will blame it on the wind.”
― White Oleander
― White Oleander

“Seeing him again after so long awakened something inside me. I was surprised to find myself feeling sad rather than joyful, as I would have imagined.”
― Memoirs of a Geisha
― Memoirs of a Geisha
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