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“A home isn’t always the house we live in. It’s also the people we choose to surround ourselves with. You may not live on the island, but you can’t tell me it’s not your home. Your bubble, Mr. Baker. It’s been popped. Why would you allow it to grow around you again?”
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
“Stories were ruthless creatures and sometimes fattened themselves on bloody happenings.”
― Deeplight
― Deeplight
“You could keep people alive forever through stories.”
― Deeplight
― Deeplight
“I don’t know why, because it’s one of those things I’m not contractually obligated to care about.”
― All Systems Red
― All Systems Red
“All along the walls were small terrariums, landscapes squeezed into miniature form. Tristan made them almost obsessively. When she asked him once, he told her it was because he wished the world were easier. Small enough and manageable enough to fit in the hollow of ones palm.”
― The Gilded Wolves
― The Gilded Wolves
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