“My dress is of plain forest green wool, but the other girls are wearing beautiful tunics the color of gems- ruby dresses with sapphire mantles and dappled with jewels that dance before me like little insects on fire. My hair is dark as a crow, but theirs is red and gold and even longer than mine. A ray of sun slashes through the turbulent Irish sky, and I see that my friends' perfect skin shimmers in the sun, making them almost translucent.”
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“Il tempo per il Conte non era una scala, ma una vasca, tutto ci galleggiava dentro.”
“Era strano, pensava Mina, non dipendere dal respiro eppure sentirsi soffocare.”
“মনের দিক থেকে শিশু থাকা ভালো। অন্তত আত্ম প্রশান্তি পাওয়া যায়।”
“Sometimes a crime is an act of heroism.”
“But sometimes you cope by wasting time, yes?”