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The Girl from Everywhere

Book by Heidi Heilig · 18 quotes · Nix, Kashmir, Belonging

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“I would bet double that amount he had no plan. That would be just like him: promise something impossible and expect me to come up with his solution.”

Plans Impossible Solutions Lies Promises

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“For a moment, I could pretend I was the captain of my own fate.”

Freedom Fate Imagine Pretend Captain Taking Charge

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“If you know you'll die in the fire, why stay here now? If you know your fate, why wait for it?" She paused then, her expression almost puzzled. "Because it is mine," she said, as though it was obvious. "Everything must come to an end, Nix. Your father would be happier if he could accept that." She glanced over the letter she was writing, finding her place. "Besides," she murmured, "there is always a sacrifice. If I was already there, I never could have come.”

Life Fate Sacrifice Future Ending Own

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“Dressed that way, he looked almost like any other New Yorker. It was only he nervous shifting of his eyes that hinted at discomfort, but not with the city, nor with being on land. With his own skin. No matter where we went, he never felt at home. I recognized that feeling. I'd inherited it.”

Home Missing Belonging Discomfort

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“As I walked the streets of my birth, there was no sense of terroir, of groundedness. I didn't belong here more than I belonged anywhere else.”

Home Belonging Place In The World

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“Jealousy is nothing but a fear of being abandoned”

True Historical Fiction Time Travel

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“Was I more like my father than I thought? No. The beauty of the ephemeral was in its impermanence; I couldn't have let myself feel for Blake had I not known there would be an end. And I could admit it now: I did feel for him. There was safety here, at the end of our short story, and it made me bold.”

Beauty Bravery Short Story Impermanence Ephemeral

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“Slate had so many maps of his past; why shouldn't I have a map of my future? I couldn't spend my life stuck on my father's ship, tossed by his tempestuous moods, waiting for the day when he managed to steer us directly onto the rocky shore where his siren sang.”

Father History Future Obsession Maps Whims

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“The best artists had family who disapproved." "That's true. Then again, very likely so did the worst.”

Family Support Approval Artists Disapproval

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“We have shelves full of maps of places that only used to exist. Everything unique is vanishing.”

Loss History Unique Maps Vanish

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“Sometimes fate makes choices for us.”

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“I never knew you had such a fine eye for fabrics,” I said as we continued up the street. “You should have been a tailor instead of a thief.” “I have a fine eye for all things, amira, which is why I’m a thief and not a tailor.”

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“But even if the captain rewrites his own history, how could it affect your reality? I’m from a place you call a fairy tale, and I’m still here.” "But . . . the Vaadi Al-Maas was real once. People believed in it.” "I believe in you. Simple enough, right?” His smile was heartbreaking.”

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“Why did the stories I knew best never end well? But why too did I feel at home among them? I could never give up the myths, the maps, the ship that had shaped me. Blake’s home might be paradise, but my home was the Temptation.”

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“If you could go anywhere, where would you want to go?” “Could we find a map of someplace perfect?” “Like paradise?” I asked, teasing. “Here? No.” He stared upward, the first stars shining in his eyes. “A better place. Someplace where nothing goes wrong. There must be a myth like that somewhere.” I bit my lip; my shoulders fell. “Navigation involves the beliefs of the Navigator and the mapmaker. And I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone who truly believes in a world without suffering.”

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“Where are you going?” "Out. Like you.” He raised an eyebrow, but he didn’t press for more information. "One should always make one’s own mistakes, instead of the mistakes of others, amira.” "Out like me, then.”

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“Sometimes a person has to let go of something to take hold of something else.”

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“There's a drafting table in my cabin. But don't lay a finger on anything else." "I assure you, Captain," Blake said. "My intentions are honorable." Slate cocked his head; understanding dawned on his face. "I meant don't touch my stuff." He rolled his eyes. "I need some coffee." And then he strode off toward the hatch without a backwards glance.”

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