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> [It was the first smile of my life. Of course, that is a ridiculous thing to say; I had been smiled at often, the big man had smiled at me not a minute since. And yet I say: it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-birch/it-was-the-first-smile-of-my-life-of-course-that-is-a-ridiculous/)

[Carol Birch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-birch/)

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## More by Carol Birch

> [“I always knew I'd be a sailor. In my cradle, playing with my toes, I knew it. What else could there have been? The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-birch/i-always-knew-i-d-be-a-sailor-in-my-cradle-playing-with-my-toes-i/)

[Carol Birch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-birch/)

> [It was the first smile of my life. Of course, that is a ridiculous thing to say; I had been smiled at often, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-birch/it-was-the-first-smile-of-my-life-of-course-that-is-a-ridiculous/)

[Carol Birch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-birch/)

> [It’s one of the things I love about the sea, the way you can see weather afar. It’s like looking at the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-birch/it-s-one-of-the-things-i-love-about-the-sea-the-way-you-can-see/)

[Carol Birch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-birch/)

> [“To look into the eyes of a cannibal. I turn away at the thought.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-birch/to-look-into-the-eyes-of-a-cannibal-i-turn-away-at-the-thought/)

[Carol Birch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-birch/)

> [“One goes, or we all die”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-birch/one-goes-or-we-all-die/)

[Carol Birch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-birch/)

> [Mr. Jamrach led me through the lobby and into the menagerie. The first was a parrot room, a fearsome screaming place of mad round…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-birch/mr-jamrach-led-me-through-the-lobby-and-into-the-menagerie-the-first/)

[Carol Birch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-birch/)

> [There's no way out of this, it's stark: live or die. Every given moment a bubble that bursts. Step on, from one to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-birch/there-s-no-way-out-of-this-it-s-stark-live-or-die-every-given-moment/)

[Carol Birch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-birch/)

> [Storytelling strengthens the imagination. To imagine is to envision, to see with the inward eye. This ability to imagine is the basis of all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-birch/storytelling-strengthens-the-imagination-to-imagine-is-to-envision-to/)

[Carol Birch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-birch/)

> [“It was then I truly realised the whale is no more a fish than I am. So much blood. This was not like the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-birch/it-was-then-i-truly-realised-the-whale-is-no-more-a-fish-than-i-am-so/)

[Carol Birch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-birch/)

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