“Dorian smiles and Zachary wonders how you can miss someone’s smile when you’ve only seen it once before.”
― The Starless Sea
― The Starless Sea
“Nothing must happen to you
No, what am I saying
Everything must happen to you
And it must be wonderful”
― Anxious People
No, what am I saying
Everything must happen to you
And it must be wonderful”
― Anxious People
“Be brave,’ she says. ‘Be bold. Be loud. Never change for anyone but yourself. Any soul worth their star-stuff will take the whole package as is and however it grows. Don’t waste your time on anyone who doesn’t believe you when you tell them how you feel.”
― The Starless Sea
― The Starless Sea
“It is a small thing, yes, but on small things hinge the turning of the world. Very rarely does the opportunity come to stand up against torture and evildoing - or for justice and equality - in the grand gestures most of us dream of. On the other hand, the opportunity to stand up against a small injustice, or for a small truth or a small good, comes nearly every day.”
― The Hands of the Emperor
― The Hands of the Emperor
“There is no fixing. There is only moving forward in the brokenness.”
― The Starless Sea
― The Starless Sea
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