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Yes. I finished this book absolutely stunned. You know when you finish a book on your very own sofa but it takes you quite some time to get your bearings in the real world again? It did that to me which is a very good sign.Touraine is in Balladaire a ...more "
“But no. It didn't suit him. She should have known. He was not a one for fastening. For holding closed. Neither was he dark. Oh no. He was emberant. Incarnadine. He was bright with better bright beneath, like copper-gilded gold.”
― The Slow Regard of Silent Things
― The Slow Regard of Silent Things
“She knew the true shape of the world. All else was shadow and the sound of distant drums.”
― The Slow Regard of Silent Things
― The Slow Regard of Silent Things
“It was wise enough to know itself, and brave enough to BE itself, and wild enough to change itself while somehow staying altogether true.”
― The Slow Regard of Silent Things
― The Slow Regard of Silent Things
“I can't give you the moon,” the tinker said. “She doesn't belong to me. She belongs only to herself.”
― The Wise Man's Fear
― The Wise Man's Fear
“Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”
― Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
― Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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