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“His mother had told his once when he was a child that he blended in with the paint on the wall, only memorable when one was reminded it was there at all.”

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Book:The House in the Cerulean Sea

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The House in the Cerulean Sea

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“One day a mayfly said this to a moth drawn to a flame. "You know that flame is a trap set by humans. It is not like you only have one day to live as I do. Why would you throw yourself at the flame knowing you'll die?" And so the moth said "the flame is too beautiful not to throw myself at. There is no beauty without pain.”

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Author:Kim Bok Joo

“The sounds Mom made were worse than Jonah's. So now the nurses call me.”

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Book:Three Things I Know Are True

Source: Three Things I Know Are True

“So impatient to start his big life, to make people laugh, to see what would happen. Doing anything for a dare. So afraid he'd be stuck in Maddigan, Maine, for the rest of his life.”

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Book:Three Things I Know Are True

Source: Three Things I Know Are True

“I know how that is-- how the worst thing is right where you least expect it to be-- in your lungs, in your chest, in the attic of the house right across the street.”

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Book:Three Things I Know Are True

Source: Three Things I Know Are True

“To the bottle in the ditch, to the scoop in the oats, to air in the lung let evening come. Let it come, as it will, and don't be afraid. God does not leave us comfortless, so let evening come.”

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Book:Collected Poems

Source: Collected Poems

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