Maybe she was trying to articulate that exploring the world was a good way to explore her own mind.
“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
“Life is a book and there are a thousand pages I have not yet read.”
― Clockwork Princess
― Clockwork Princess
“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.”
― Jane Eyre
― Jane Eyre
“We live and breathe words. .... It was books that made me feel that perhaps I was not completely alone. They could be honest with me, and I with them. Reading your words, what you wrote, how you were lonely sometimes and afraid, but always brave; the way you saw the world, its colors and textures and sounds, I felt--I felt the way you thought, hoped, felt, dreamt. I felt I was dreaming and thinking and feeling with you. I dreamed what you dreamed, wanted what you wanted--and then I realized that truly I just wanted you.”
― Clockwork Prince
― Clockwork Prince
“It's not about what it is, it's about what it can become.”
― The Lorax
― The Lorax
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