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  1. Elizabeth Kostova _ The Shadow Land

    We went on growing food and eating and sleeping and I cooked for a big crowd here every day, all my family. What else could we do? You just go on, if you have to.
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  2. Elizabeth Kostova _ The Shadow Land

    Politicians who talk about purity usually end up deciding who is pure and who is not.
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  3. Elizabeth Kostova _ The Shadow Land

    I understood in a flash that I must keep my mind safe, whatever came next. I believe now that it was not only enormous luck that brought me this understanding the very first day, but also my habit of living closely with my own mind, alone with it while I practiced.
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  4. Elizabeth Kostova _ The Shadow Land

    It was the beginning of that long bifurcation that became my life: Obey and hate yourself, survive. Disobey, redeem yourself, perish. I thought later how simply and quickly they had introduced that concept to me, as easily as breaking a little finger.
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  5. Elizabeth Kostova _ The Shadow Land

    But sometimes a man who is very good thinks, I am very bad, and it-destructs his life, everything. Because he does not believe that he has any right to do something, so he does less and less.
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  6. Elizabeth Kostova _ The Shadow Land

    I knew people who dreamed all the time about going somewhere else, and they let that ruin their lives. When you are not allowed to do something, it often becomes very important.
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  7. Elizabeth Kostova _ The Shadow Land

    Obey and hate yourself, survive. Disobey, redeem yourself, perish.
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  8. Elizabeth Kostova _ The Shadow Land

    It was the beginning of that long bifurcation that became my life: Obey and hate yourself, survive. Disobey, redeem yourself, perish.
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  9. Elizabeth Kostova _ The Shadow Land

    Besides, there are things you have to do for yourself, even if everyone else thinks you're crazy.
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  10. Elizabeth Kostova _ The Shadow Land

    when the sun rose at the quarry it turned the world lavender and gold. After
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  11. Elizabeth Kostova _ The Shadow Land

    It was as if she could hear music, where there was no music.
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  12. Elizabeth Kostova _ The Shadow Land

    But when you accept an intruder for too long, you invite him back later as a guest.
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