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“People who think about time travel stories sometimes think that going back in time would be fun because you would have all the information you needed to be much more astute than the people there, when the truth is of course you wouldn't.”

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“He rubbed his head again. 'Five years is longer than it sounds. So much longer.”

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“Se sono tuoi, stabilisci tu le regole. A chi importa che cosa ne pensano i giocattoli? Spazza via l'intera famiglia di un giocattolo, poi…

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“Freedom is dangerous but it's precious, too. You can't just throw it away or let it slip away. You can't sell it for bread…

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“Sometimes I wrote things because I couldn't say them, couldn't sort out my feelings about them, couldn't keep them bottled inside me.”

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“But there’s no power in having strength and brains, and yet waiting for God to fix things for you or take revenge for you.”

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