Mr. Forester

“Marya felt the flying birds of her anxiety quiet once more. Rediscovering that she could be of some help and cheer to others tempered her sense of being caught in another ruse. Perhaps the world was not floored with trapdoors. Perhaps not everyone was fake, nor everything false.”
― Josiah Bancroft, The Fall of Babel

“My dear boy, books are powerful . . .’ The librarian paused to cough with a horrible chesty rattle, wincing as he did. ‘They are more than simple bound pages. Books may record the past, predict the future, or hold the darkest of secrets. At their best, they are societal equalisers. At their worst . . . well! Words can teach the truth as easily as they can spin a lie. And that’s not even considering that which lurks between the lines. The knife of interpretation is paper-thin, yet it cuts through minds with the slightest of pressure. Underestimate books at your peril.”
― Stuart Wilson, The 113th Assistant Librarian

“Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.” —Stephen King”
― Richard Chizmar, The Long Way Home

“How much easier life would be without love,” said Hansel, seeming to sense Benjamiah’s turmoil. “Love is beautiful until it isn’t. Until we lose somebody, or something. We put everything at risk for love. It’s the great chance we take, and we do not always win. Think how brave it is to love a person as much as Elizabella loved Edwid, when the risk is so great. Love is the very highest form of courage. But let me tell you, Benjamiah—nobody in this world, your world, or any other would have it differently.”
― jordan lees, The Labyrinth of Lost and Found