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01Undated

When I first met you, that's what I remember. I looked up at the sky and thought, I'm going to love this person because even the sky looks different.

Margaret Stohl / quote

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02Undated

Darkness does not leave us easily as we would hope.

Margaret Stohl / quote

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03Undated

Aunt Mercy put down her tiles, one at a time. I-T-C-H-I-N.Aunt Grace leaned closer to the board, squinting. "Mercy Lynne, you're cheatin' again! What kinda word is that? Use it in a sentence.""I'm itchin' ta have some a that white cake.""That's not how you spell it." At least one of them could spell. Aunt Grace pulled one of the tiles off the board. "There's no T in itchin'." Or not.

Margaret Stohl / quote

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04Undated

The business of the dead belongs to the living.

Margaret Stohl / quote

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05Undated

It's not easy to be Light when you've been Dark. It's almost too much to ask anyone.-Macon Ravenwood

Margaret Stohl / quote

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06Undated

I guess this was what it felt like to love someone and feel like you had lost them. Even when you were still holding them in your arms.

Margaret Stohl / quote

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07Undated

Feelings are memories. Memories are also feelings.

Margaret Stohl / quote

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08Undated

And what do I know about humans? Only this: My name is Doloria Maria de la Cruz, and I'm not just the end of childhood. I'm the end of humanity. And if you come from the skies- I'm coming for you.

Margaret Stohl / quote

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09Undated

Jump or stay in the boat.

Margaret Stohl / quote

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10Undated

i know how it makes you feel...peaceful, permanent, unbroken

Margaret Stohl / quote

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11Undated

I first read Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird' as a teen in school, like you did. I read the book alone, eating lunch at my locker, neatly scored oranges my mother divided into five lines with a circle at the top, so my fingers could dig more easily into the orange skin. To this day, the smell of oranges reminds me of 'Mockingbird.'

Margaret Stohl / quote

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