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

“Only those who take responsibility for their mistakes, are rewarded with wisdom”
― Michael Lieber

“But Mirabelle wasn’t to know that the humans were coming. And humans, as is their wont, have a terrible habit of making a mess of things.”
― Pádraig Kenny, The Monsters of Rookhaven

“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