“We are traveling each towards his sunset.”
― The Clockmaker's Daughter
― The Clockmaker's Daughter
“People value shiny stones and lucky charms, but they forget that the most powerful talismans of all are the stories that we tell to ourselves and to others.”
― The Clockmaker's Daughter
― The Clockmaker's Daughter
“I don’t think I was planned exactly.” “I should say not,” he agreed. “But you were loved, which is arguably more important.”
― The Clockmaker's Daughter
― The Clockmaker's Daughter
“The camera is ubiquitous. They all carry one now. Even as I watch, they traipse through the rooms of the house, pointing their devices at this chair or those tiles. Experiencing the world at one remove, through the windows of their phones, making images for later so that they do not need to bother seeing or feeling things now.”
― The Clockmaker's Daughter
― The Clockmaker's Daughter
“But bad habits aren’t so easily banished. They bide their time and wait for frustration, doubt, and then temptation to do their bidding.”
― Winter Cottage
― Winter Cottage
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