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Because we were Russian, sadness came naturally to us. But so did reading. In my family, a book was a life raft.

Because we were Russian, sadness came naturally to us. But so did reading. In my family, a book was a life raft.
– Alice Hoffman

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  25. … the past was what we carried with us, threaded to the future, and we decided whether to keep it close or let it go. – Alice Hoffman
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