“We are creatures of the water and the dust, he thought, made of the very same stuff. We have a relationship with it all, integral and personal, no matter who or where or when we are. When we forget, that's when we feel untethered and lost. That's when we lose perspective. And make our biggest mistakes.”
― Diamonds of Devil's Tail
― Diamonds of Devil's Tail
“I did not come into existence when he harmed me. She found her voice! I had a voice, he stripped it, left me groping around blind for a bit, but I always had it. I just used it like I never had to use it before. I do not owe him my success, becoming, he did not create me. The only credit Brock can take is for assaulting me, and he could never even admit to that.”
― Know My Name
― Know My Name
“Why, God, why had she listened to “Fergalicious” instead of the news?”
― Axiom's End
― Axiom's End
“My girl, some boats are for the river and some are for the ocean.”
― Firekeeper's Daughter
― Firekeeper's Daughter
“When Eleanor's arm touched his he felt his hands grow cold with deadly fear lest he should lose the shadow brush with which his imagination was painting wonders of her. He watched her from the corners of his eyes as ever he did when he walked with her-- she was a feast and a folly and he wished it had been his destiny to sit forever on a haystack and see life through her green eyes.”
― This Side of Paradise
― This Side of Paradise
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