2. "In our village, folks say God crumbles up the old moon into stars."

—Alexander Solzhenitsyn, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

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3. "She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together."

—J. D. Salinger, "A Girl I Knew"

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4. "I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart; I am, I am, I am."

—Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar