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“A woman grabbed my arm. "How much for the kid? They won't let me on if I don't have a kid." "He's not for sale," I told her. "Everyone has a price," she said. "But clearly not everyone has a soul," said Poet.”

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“We cannot be too cautious, Hannelore. Just because someone knocks on the door doesn't mean you have to open it. Sometimes, sweet girl, there are wolves at the door. If we are not careful, they might eat us.”

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“My arm began moving, turning the invisible crank of Death's music box. Somewhere inside, I didn't want the melody to end.”

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“He was beautiful. The knight was beautiful, handsome when he smiled. He didn’t want anyone to see it. He didn’t want to acknowledge it himself. But for a brief moment, I saw him. The real man inside of him, not the one tortured by secrets and pain. And he was beautiful.”

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“I didn't need his criticism. I carried enough guilt on my own. I had done everything wrong. I had the highest marks in school but couldn't master common sense.”

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“War is catastrophe. It breaks families in irretrievable pieces. But those who are gone are not necessarily lost.”

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“The soldier stared at Ingrid. His silence was elastic, slowly curling a rope around her neck.”

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“How foolish to believe we are more powerful than the sea or the sky.”

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“But unlike Mama, I would not go to heaven. My secrets padlocked the gates. I'd be a torn kite stuck in the dead branches of a tree, unable to fly.”

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