Without any relations to be sold with her, Anna was a solitary being, connected to no one and nothing in the world. - P108

Yet Anna knew differently. She had a mother. Not one she’d known, but one Anna was certain she was meant to know. One sentence of Anna’s history had managed to pass from one seller and owner to another. - P108

It was deep and large, stretching from her shoulder almost clear to her elbow in one straight line. At the top of the line, on her shoulder, were two smaller scars that came together to make the point of an arrow’s head, pointing north like the needle on a compass. As this was Anna’s only link to her mother, she concluded that her arrow scar was a message. Directions for where she was meant to find her mother once again. North. She’d cut her daughter so that Anna would always know where she was meant to be—everything else was a temporary stop on the way. - P109

"Each year, on the day Big Tree blooms, we form our Memory Circle to remember the miracle that brought us here and to thank those who came before us. The children of Freewater are the keepers of this story. It’s for them to tell you." - P121

"Since that day we’ve welcomed forty-three newcomers and twenty-one children born here in Freewater." - P125

"Today we celebrate by eating the berries and acorns of Big Tree, just as we did that first day," - P125

Mrs. Light said she’d chosen her uncommon first name of Mrs. to inspire the respect she felt she was due and Light for what she felt in freedom. - P130

She couldn’t believe how terribly Remembering Day had turned out. That very morning she’d awakened with a tingling dream and now it was ending with a painful reminder that adventure would never find her, at least not as long as her mother had any say in the matter. - P132

Knotted branch-arms came from the trunk, two big root-legs bulged from the tree’s bottom, and a shower of shaggy hair-leaves covered the branches. From them hung small white flowers and acorns. - P136

FIRE SPEAKS. IT STARTS OUT MURMURING, puffing, and sputtering: a whisper over the noise of silence. It searches for air and voice. - P139

NORA STOOD ON HER FATHER’S CREAKY CEDAR library ladder. The smell of whale-oil polish mixed with the musty scent of old books. On tiptoes she reached for a plain green, cloth-covered book. - P142

After all, that’s what an octopus would do. - P142

"Your lucky number must be eight," her father used to joke. "’Cuz your mark is just like the eight legs of an octopus." She’d pulled him to the library and motioned for him to show her. He’d obliged and shown her a drawing in one of his books. Sure enough he was right. An oval-shaped octopus head marked her temple, and from it sprang eight curving marks. Two that stretched to her left eyebrow, another three that unwound along her cheekbone, and another three that traveled down her jawline. The image was so exact that some might have considered it a talisman, a unique mark for a unique person. But that was not the case for Nora. That bit of strawberry had set the path for her upbringing. - P45

First she read the entire book her father had shown her about sea creatures. Soon she knew that the octopus was highly intelligent, able to hide in plain sight and sneak into just about any space. It was mischievous. Nora liked to think that she could be all of those things. Perhaps she was an octopus. - P46


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블립A가 우주에서 빙빙 돌고 있다. 빙글빙글 회전한다. 아마 헤일메리호와 정확히 같은 속도로 회전하고 있을 것이다. 내가 원심분리기를 회전시키자, 이게 또 한 번의 의사소통이라고 생각한 듯하다. - <프로젝트 헤일메리>, 앤디 위어 - 밀리의 서재
https://www.millie.co.kr/v3/bookDetail/0640a79532db4a78 - P324


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Anna had been sold off many times. Her former masters hadn’t quite been able to put their finger on what was wrong with this cat-eyed girl. - P107

Without any relations to be sold with her, Anna was a solitary being, connected to no one and nothing in the world. - P108


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Sky’s camouflage of leaves, mud, and vines allowed her to flawlessly disappear into the swamp canopy. - P79

BILLY FELL QUIET AFTER FERDINAND’S TEASING. It stung a little, but the thought of leaving Freewater with the woodcutters was a bad alternative. Out there, Billy was certain he’d be hunted. - P93

Being with Sanzi helped Billy forget that feeling. But being with Sanzi created all sorts of other feelings, too. - P93

In the excitement he forgot to release the handle. Instead of catapulting the stone, the sling wrapped around his arm and the stone struck him in the head. "Ouch!" he cried. For a moment, Sanzi’s heart sank. But Billy’s scream scared the pigs and they began running right toward Sanzi’s target tree. He’d done it! - P105


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아아아…. 저게 헤일메리 문양에 있던 소문자 ‘t’였구나. ‘타우세티’의 타우였어. 그러네. - <프로젝트 헤일메리>, 앤디 위어 - 밀리의 서재
https://www.millie.co.kr/v3/bookDetail/0640a79532db4a78 - P236

영원처럼 느껴지는 긴 시간이 지나고 나자 공포가 사그라지기 시작한다. 인간의 두뇌란 놀라운 존재다. 우리는 거의 모든 것에 익숙해질 수 있다. 나는 적응하는 중이다. - <프로젝트 헤일메리>, 앤디 위어 - 밀리의 서재
https://www.millie.co.kr/v3/bookDetail/0640a79532db4a78 - P259

저건…. 저건 외계의 우주선이다. 외계인이, 우주선을 만들 정도의 지능이 있는 외계인들이 만든.


인류는 우주에 혼자가 아니다. 그리고 나는 방금 우리의 이웃을 만났다.
"이런 씨발!" - <프로젝트 헤일메리>, 앤디 위어 - 밀리의 서재
https://www.millie.co.kr/v3/bookDetail/0640a79532db4a78 - P270


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