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"The Heat of the Day" Quotes
Set in London during World War II, "The Heat of the Day" by Elizabeth Bowen explores espionage and betrayal as a woman discovers her lover may be a traitor.
Quotes
We are the past, the present, and the future. We are all of these things.
identitytime
You can never quite understand what it is to be someone else.
understandingempathy
The war has a way of making the most ordinary moments significant.
warsignificance
Trust is a gamble we all take in life.
trustlife
Loneliness is the price of independence.
lonelinessindependence
The city was both a sanctuary and a prison.
city lifeparadox
Love is not just a matter of the heart but of circumstance.
lovecircumstance
The truth can be as elusive as a shadow.
truthelusiveness
Memory is a selective mirror, showing us what we want to see.
memoryperception
War changes everything, even the way we see ourselves.
warself-perception
