"You're so calm and quiet, you never say. But there are things inside you. I see them sometimes, hiding in your eyes."
"I wanted to wear the mantle and the pearls. I wanted to know the man who painted her like that."
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Source: Tracy Chevalier (2012). “Tracy Chevalier 3-Book Collection: Girl With a Pearl Earring, Remarkable Creatures, Falling Angels”, p.52, HarperCollins UK
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