“Happiness, after all, depends for the most part not on one’s ability to resolve contradictions but on making them disappear, the way the gaps between trees disappear when we look down a long avenue of them.”
― The Man Without Qualities
― The Man Without Qualities
“Hestia sighed. “Do not stay longer than you must inside the mirror’s edge. Glass is like a heart. It has a fragile nature. It is easily broken.”
― Xyz
― Xyz
“Heinrich replied, “The fact that Kramer’s radio station has been wiped out by the British Navy in now classified information!”
― His Forefathers and Mick
― His Forefathers and Mick
“He sat in disbelief as the Mission Possible continued its rocking motion farther out to nowhere. He could hear the metronomic slap, slap, slap of water against the boat’s hull. He checked his watch, turned his Yankees cap around, and started the engines. Taking one last look around, he turned the bow of the Bertram back toward shore. Ready or not, it was time for Jake Reid to go home.”
― Scavenger Hunt
― Scavenger Hunt
“The sunset bled into the edges of the village. Smoke curled out of the cottage chimney like a crooked finger.”
― Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For
― Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For
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