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The Name of the Star
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"The Name of the Star" Quotes

A teenage girl in London becomes involved in a Jack the Ripper copycat case and discovers she has the ability to see ghosts.

Quotes

The problem with the truth is that it wants to be told.

Maureen Johnson

truth

I feel like a werewolf, as if I have two people inside of me. One of them is always hungry and angry and it's always fighting the other person.

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inner conflictchange

The world is full of big things that we can never understand.

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understandinglife

People believe in bad things because they have hope. They believe that good things can happen too.

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hopebelief

You don’t need to be saved. You just need to be found and appreciated for who you are.

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acceptanceself-worth

Fate is cruel. It always leaves you with the short straw.

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fatelife

Life is a game. It’s unending. It’s never fun and it never ends.

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lifeperspective

It’s not about what you are, it’s about who you are.

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identityindividuality

Sometimes you have to fight the darkness with light. Other times, you have to embrace it.

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darknessbalance

There's no such thing as a good or bad person. We're all just people. We're all capable of anything.

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human naturemorality