"It was the meanest moment of eternity."
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"It was the meanest moment of eternity."
"I lost a child," she said, meeting Lusa's eyes directly. "I thought I wouldn't live through it. But you do. You learn to love the place somebody leaves behind for you."
"For precious friends hid in death's dateless night."
"Cordelia! stay a little. Ha! What is't thou say'st? Her voice was ever soft."