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““You think that nothing matters as long as you're together, that nothing can harm you two or come between you because you're somehow protected by your feelings for one another. -Uncle Antonio””

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“Love. Such a sweet, simple word. A word I've been searching for my entire life - but especially since I met Eio - and I never knew it. Until ow. When I hear it on his lips, I know as I can never know anything else - no numbers, no formulas, no scientific names - I know it's true. A…

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“Because, well, you're not immortal anymore. At least as far as we know; just because you can bleed doesn't mean you'll grow old and…

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“The woman may be a biomedical engineer, but I begin to think that she is a certifiable idiot.”

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“Do you know the Ai'oan word for heart? he asks. I shake my head. "It's py'a." We're so close, his whisper is right in…

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“A name is a powerful thing. It sets one apart and gives significance.”

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“No one should live forever," I whisper. "Isn't that how it goes? There must be a balance. No birth without death. No life without…

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“They all seem infected with a vivaciousness that isn't common in our compound, and there are more smiles on their faces than I've ever seen at once. And yet as I watch them, I feel more intensely than ever the knowledge that I'm not one of them. For these moral humans, birthdays are a kind of countdown to the end,…

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“Beauty and death, so closely knit together. This seems to be the central theme of my life.”

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“Maybe reason is neater and more orderly, but nonsense is freeing.”

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“As we walk, he begins telling me all the names of the plants we pass. I already know their names, but I don't tell him that. He seems to think that scientists always want to know the names of things, and so I guess he thinks he's being helpful.Anyway, I like listening to his voice. It's deep and a little…

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“I want someone who will look into my eyes and understand everything behind them. -Pia”

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“Love is nothing more than elevated levels of dopamine, nor-epinephrine, and other chemicals. But the way Uncle Antionio's face lights up as they dance... I wonder what it would be like to feel that. To let the chemicals of romance take over for just a little while. Then I remember that I am immortal and that my body doesn't work…

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