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"First book done, taking a break for the next one, me thinks" — Dec 01, 2024 08:08AM
"First book done, taking a break for the next one, me thinks" — Dec 01, 2024 08:08AM
“This body holds the body. This arm holds the spear. And the spear cuts through water.”
― The Spear Cuts Through Water
― The Spear Cuts Through Water
“Where does all our effort go? It’s hard not to envy the monsters when you see how good they have it. And how unbothered they are at being monsters.”
― Martyr!
― Martyr!
“You told me, Sleep, I’ll wake you in the morning.
I asked, What is morning? and you said,
When everyone who fucked with me is dead.”
― Nona the Ninth
I asked, What is morning? and you said,
When everyone who fucked with me is dead.”
― Nona the Ninth
“They kept saying cows watched sunsets. At that point I wished I’d used the fucking conspiracy theorists instead of the cows. Nobody would’ve cared if I’d turned people inside-out who think vaccines have nanites in them that mine cryptocurrency. But cows watch sunsets, man!”
― Nona the Ninth
― Nona the Ninth
“I have since learned that marriage is nothing more than a spell strengthened by daily ritual. The spell requires libations: mundane musings hoarded and pored over, the repetition of small dismays, the knowledge of how your spouse takes their coffee. Marriage asks for that crust of time you were selfishly saving for yourself. Marriage demands blood, for it says: Here is what is inside me, and I tithe it to you.”
― The Last Tale of the Flower Bride
― The Last Tale of the Flower Bride
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