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In the Country of Last Things
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"In the Country of Last Things" Quotes

In a dystopian city on the brink of collapse, Anna Blume searches for her missing brother while struggling to survive amid chaos, loss, and decay.

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The world is just a place where things happen, and everything else is just an excuse.

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lifeexcuses

We are what we remember, and the less we remember, the less we are.

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memoryidentity

Sometimes you have to forget what you feel and remember what you deserve.

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self-worthforgetting

In the end, we are all alone, and no one is coming to save you.

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loneliness

The only way to survive is to keep moving forward, no matter how slow.

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perseverance

Hope is a dangerous thing. It can keep you going, but it can also destroy you.

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hopedanger

The past is a ghost that haunts us, but we must learn to let it go.

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pastletting go

There is beauty in the brokenness, for it is through our cracks that the light shines.

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beautybrokenness

We are all searching for something, but sometimes we don't even know what it is.

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searchingmeaning

In the darkness, there is always a flicker of hope, no matter how small.

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hopedarkness