Cities were zoos for people. Artificial food was manufactured for the masses. We built for ourselves climate-controlled cages and produced pharmaceuticals that helped us live longer, but what exactly were we living for? We had become zoo
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“One must always be careful of books," said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.”
― Clockwork Angel
― Clockwork Angel
“My books happen. They tend to blast in from nowhere, seize me by the throat, and howl 'Write me! Write me now!' But they rarely stand still long enough for me to see what and who they are, before they hurtle away again. And so I spend a lot of time running after them, like a thrown rider after an escaped horse, saying 'Wait for me! Wait for me!' and waving my notebook in the air.”
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“I've always loved you, and when you love someone, you love the whole person, just as he or she is, and not as you would like them to be.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
“Life is a book and there are a thousand pages I have not yet read.”
― Clockwork Princess
― Clockwork Princess
“Never thee stop believin' in th' Big Good Thing an' knowin' th' world's full of it - and call it what tha' likes. Tha' wert singin' to it when I come into t' garden.”
― The Secret Garden
― The Secret Garden
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