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1 " I kept asking myself if I felt different, if I was different. The answer was always yes. I was no longer nothing… How odd, I thought; it had taken my mother’s death, Father Quinel’s murder, and the desire of others to kill me to claim a life of my own. "
― Avi , The Cross of Lead (Crispin, #1)
2 " Do you ever smile, boy?" he demanded. "If you can't laugh and smile, life is worthless. Do you hear me?" he yelled. "It's NOTHING! "
3 " I found it a marvel that I could see so much of the world, yet find it much the same. "
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5 " Lose your sorrows, and you'll find your freedom.If you have to choose between alertness and worry, being alert will bring you more days of life.Try to show less worry. The worse disguise is fear. "
6 " In the midst of life comes death.” How often did our village priest preach those words. Yet I have also heard that “in the midst of death comes life.” If this be a riddle, so was my life. "