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Winter Tide
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“May your eldest ancestors die childless in a tarpit; I hope never to see your eyes again.”
“All that is fair shall pass away; all that I love, all that I fear for—these shall the doctor take away, lifting them from my memory on the point of a steel blade. What has he to give in return? A hell of vapour, distorting sight; a hell of sound, drowning the soul.”
― The Mystery Of Choice
― The Mystery Of Choice
“Enlightenment is its own reward, its own punishment. You begin to see so much more. And so much more sees you.”
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“I categorically declare first my absolute innocence, second my lack of criminal intent, and third my effusive apologies.”
― Cugel the Clever
― Cugel the Clever
“The cat batted the thick, orange extension cord with his soft white paws; catching it in his teeth, gnawing, oblivious to the fact that Sheila planned to use it to hang herself. “Stop it!” Her voice cracked, her face grew hot.”
― The Mirrors
― The Mirrors
“This is the thing that troubles me, for I cannot forget Carcosa where black stars hang in the heavens; where the shadows of men's thoughts lengthen in the afternoon, when the twin suns sink into the lake of Hali; and my mind will bear for ever the memory of the Pallid Mask. I pray God will curse the writer, as the writer has cursed the world with its beautiful stupendous creation, terrible in its simplicity, irresistible in its truth--a world which now trembles before the King In Yellow.”
― The King in Yellow and Other Horror Stories
― The King in Yellow and Other Horror Stories
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