Camilla (1981) (edit title/settings)

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• Camilla: Main character. Shy, and quiet. Camilla doesn't really talk all that much, but when she does, it sounds mature and based in reality.
• Luisa: Camilla's best friend and Frank's sister.
• Frank Rowan: Luisa's brother and Camilla's boyfriend.
• David: Frank's friend injured in WWII
• Jacques: Rose's (Camilla's mother) lover.
• Mona: Luisa's and Frank's mom.
• Bill: Luisa's and Frank's dad.
• Carter: The cook.
• Johnny: Frank's close friend.
• Rafferty: Camilla's father.
• Jen: Add a description of this character.
• Mrs. Gauss: David's mother.
• Rose: Camilla's mother.
• Dr. Wallace
• Mrs. Stephanowski
• Binny
• Mama
• Tod
• Mrs. Dickinson
• Alma Potter: A snotty school girl that neither Camilla or Luisa likes.

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• “Now I realized that time has very little to do with the clock; it’s all inside you.”

• “sometimes you can care so much, you can desire so much more than you can ever reach, that your burning sun can consume you utterly.”

• “‘Oh, senseless man, who cannot possibly make a worm, and yet will make Gods by dozens.’”

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• A daffodil pushing up through the dark earth to the spring, knowing somehow deep in its roots that spring and light and sunshine will come, has more courage and more knowledge of the value of life than any human being I’ve met. Model yourself after the daffodil, Camilla. Have the courage to push your head up out of the darkness.”

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• Now I realized that time has very little to do with the clock; it’s all inside you.

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• sometimes you can care so much, you can desire so much more than you can ever reach, that your burning sun can consume you utterly.

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• “In order to be, honey, we must progress. Once we stop moving we die. In order to progress we must change. Part of growing up. Suppose it’s natural for you to have your old childish wish for security, but the only complete security is death.”

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• ‘Oh, senseless man, who cannot possibly make a worm, and yet will make Gods by dozens.’

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• “Well,” I said at last, “I don’t think it’s God’s fault when people do anything wrong. And I don’t think He plans it when people are good. But I think He makes it possible for people to be ever so much bigger and better than they are. That is, if they want to be. What I mean is, people have to do it themselves. God isn’t going to do it for them.”

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• New York
• Cincinnati
• Central Park
• Italy
• Pompilia
• Maine
• Washington Square

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1. Madeleine L'Engle (Author)

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