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"Aren't you going to ask me if I'm all right? I say."No, I'm pretty sure you're not all right.He shakes his head. "I'm going to ask you not to make any decisions until we've talkedabout it."
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"And besides . . . I don't want to leave you. Er, you guys.He smiled, and it lit up his whole face. "Well, 'we' are certainly happy to hear that. Oh, and I'm also happy to watch our darling little love child dragon while you're in St. Louis.I grinned back."
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"In times of difficulty, take time out and seek support and encouragement."
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"How to uplift others. It's not a pie, it's a cake. It's not a ladder, it's a bridge."
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"What have the nibblers ever done for you?"The breeze ruffled her hair, pushing it back from her face, giving him a clear shot of her eyes. They were asking for an answer. Needing to know if she could count on him."They saved your life," he said.And for just a moment, Luxa's face softened and she smiled."
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"And he would listen, making only a few comments, always sympathetic, so that when I left him I had the distinct impression he had solved everything for me."
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"She was enfolded in the great wings of Mrs. Whatsit and she felt comfort and strength pouring through her. Mrs. Whatsit was not speaking aloud, and yet through the wings Meg understood words."My child, do not despair. Do you think we would have brought you here if there was no hope? We are asking you to do a difficult thing, but we are confident that you can do it. Your father needs help, he needs courage, and for his children he may be able to do what he cannot do for himself."
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"You can stay here with your papa and die or you can go with me.... You'll be all right."
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"I may not be able to help you as much as I want, but I promise I will help you as much as I can."
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"Aren't you going to ask me if I'm all right? I say."No, I'm pretty sure you're not all right.He shakes his head. "I'm going to ask you not to make any decisions until we've talkedabout it."
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"I was with you at the beginning of your journey. It is right that I should follow you to its end."
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"At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family. My mother knit scarves for the neighborhood kids. My father helped Caleb with his homework. There was a fire in the fireplace and peace in my heart, as I was doing exactly what I was supposed to be doing, and everything was quiet. I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained; this is free."
Peace
"Stupid. Why do people want to pretendthat death is sleep? It isn't. It isn't."
Death
"I have been able to be kind and pleasant to him because every time I think of what happened in Erudite headquarters, I immediately push the thought aside. But that can't be forgiveness - if I had forgiven him, I would be able to think of what happened without that hated I can feel in my gut, right?Or maybe forgiveness is just the continual pushing aside of bitter memories, until time dulls the hurt and the anger, and the wrong is forgotten."
Forgiveness
"Sometimes I feel like we are the same, but sometimes, like right now, I feel the separation between our personalities like I've just run into a wall."
Psychology
"I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained; this is free."
Peace
"I can pretend to be brave, but I'm not."
Self
"But there's so much that was a lie, it's hard to figure out what was true, what was real, what matters."
Perception
"I didn't scream I wasn't afraid. I knew I was strong enough to survive it all."
Strength
"You're too important to just die. He shakes his head. He won't even look at me-his eyes keep shifting across myface, to the wall behind me or the ceiling above me, to everything but me. I am too stunned to be angry."I'm not important. Everyone will do just fine without me, I say."Who cares about everyone? What about me?"
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"Be careful, though.""Aren't I always?""No, I think the word for how you usually are is 'reckless."
Responsibility
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