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“We need all types of knowledge. Why not expand our circle of information?”

Knowledge Information Diversity

Book:The Winter Station

Source: The Winter Station

“The fig tree grows its flowers strangely inside out, concealed within the soft interior of the fruit. Erszébet imagines the fig's hidden fairy weight of seeds, grown in sweetness that is also a darkness. Like treasure in a cave.”

Nature Mystery Fruit Seeds Concealed Fig Fruit Tree

Book:The Fig Eater

Source: The Fig Eater

“A midwife once told Erszébet of the üszögös gyermek, the stunted child, a premature fetus born alive, a scurrying spectral thing with a rat's feet and ears.Unless the stunted child is immediately destroyed, it will return to its mother's womb. It is something monstrous, grown in secret.”

Monster Folklore Superstitions Infanticide Premature Babies

Book:The Fig Eater

Source: The Fig Eater