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The Name of the Star (2011)
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Fear can't hurt you," she said. "When it washes over you, give it no power. It's a snake with no venom. Remember that. That knowledge can save you.
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You don't know me yet," I said. "Rory was telling me she lives in a swamp," Charlotte said. "That's right," I said, turning up my accent a little. "These are the very first shoes I've ever owned. They sure do pinch my feet." Jerome gave a little snort.
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It was almost funny. Life seemed downright accidental in its brevity, and death a punch line to a lousy joke.
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We Deveauxs preferred to talk you to death, rather than face you in physical combat.
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I had one class in the morning, the mysteriously named "Further Maths". It was two hours long and so deeply frightening that I think I went into a trance.
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I could pretend, at least, and if I pretended long enough, maybe I could make it into a reality.
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Prefects. I had learned this one. Student council types, but with superpowers. They who must be obeyed.
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No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love.
Edvard Munch
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Born:
February 16, 1973
(age 51)
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