“They're so weird and so beautiful," she said. "Like you," I said. I meant it as a joke, but Liz nodded. She felt that she was sort of like an emu herself, she said. Maybe that was why she'd had flying dreams ever since she was a little girl -- at heart, she was an emu. She was sure the emus also dreamed of flying. It was another thing they had in common. Both she and the emus wanted to fly -- they just didn't have the wings they wanted.”
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“I won't,' I say. 'I've never turned my back on you. And I'm not starting now.”
“Everyone is beautiful, even the ones who try to hide it behind a makeup.”
“From the very first moment I saw her, I knew that she would be the flame of my burning love.”
“You could be the ugliest person in the world, but still have the most beautiful soul.”