“I do enjoy listening to the both of you say thoughts out loud. Almost as if you’re convincing the fates that brought her to us, as if they care what you think. Elise is his hjӓrta, the song of our prince.”
“it doesn’t matter what life you’re living, life never has a solution. No matter how hard the struggles are that you leave behind, new struggles always take their place.”
― The Wishing Spell
― The Wishing Spell
“Perspective is necessary. Otherwise there are only two dimensions. Otherwise you live with your face squashed against a wall, everything a huge foreground, of details, close-ups, hairs, the weave of the bedsheet, the molecules of the face. Your own skin like a map, a diagram of futility, crisscrossed with tiny roads that lead nowhere. Otherwise you live in the moment. Which is not where I want to be.”
― The Handmaid's Tale
― The Handmaid's Tale
“I don’t hate you as much tonight,” I whisper. “It’s the alcohol. Don’t worry, you’ll despise me again tomorrow.”
― Iron Flame
― Iron Flame
“As any techie will always tell you: if in doubt – give it a clout. As true today as it’s always been.”
― Plan for the Worst
― Plan for the Worst
“Sad, but that’s the way it is. All empires fall sooner or later. I’ve said it before – a large part of our job is watching people die. We read of these events in the History books and it’s all a comfortably long time ago. And yes, I know – out of destruction comes new beginnings – other people have their chance to flourish – but, it’s not easy to watch. Nor should it be.”
― Plan for the Worst
― Plan for the Worst
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