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It was a habit long ago developed out of practice, or loneliness: reciting what she wanted to say to some imagined other person, aloud or internally. That way she would be ready when she had someone to explain it to; but it also helped her
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“Books are the carriers of civilization...They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind. Books are humanity in print.”
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“My library was -- all libraries are -- a place of ultimate refuge, a wild and sacred space where meanings are manageable precisely because they aren't binding; and where illusion is comfortingly real.”
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“There was a button," Holden said. "I pushed it."
"Jesus Christ. That really is how you go through life, isn't it?”
― Nemesis Games
"Jesus Christ. That really is how you go through life, isn't it?”
― Nemesis Games
“You know I was never very good with violence.” “But you’re a ninja,” said Tia. “Ninja-slash-thief,” he replied. “Not ninja-slash-assassin. Similar basic training, but entirely different specializations. I don’t fight my way out of trouble. I disappear.” “That’s probably why they sent a ninja-slash-assassin to keep you from doing that,”
― The Last Adventure of Constance Verity
― The Last Adventure of Constance Verity
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