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There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in. — Graham Greene

Novel

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.

Graham Greene
The Power and the Glory · 1940
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Topic
Growing upChildhood
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Metaphor, analogy and simile
Medium
Novel
Time
1940
Person
Graham Greene
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Greene, Graham. The Power and the Glory. William Heineman, 1940, pt. 1, ch. 1.

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