"You're so calm and quiet, you never say. But there are things inside you. I see them sometimes, hiding in your eyes."
"My father was often impatient during March, waiting for winter to end, the cold to ease, the sun to reappear. March was an unpredictable month, when it was never clear what might happen. Warm days raised hopes until ice and grey skies shut over the town again."
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Source: Tracy Chevalier (1999). “Girl with a Pearl Earring”, E P Dutton
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