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I do not want to take up space. I want to go unnoticed. I want to hide. I want to disappear until I gain control of my body.
“If you wish, gentle reader, you may augment your mental tableau with dramatic orchestral accompaniment.”
― A Natural History of Dragons
― A Natural History of Dragons
“I sometimes imagine there is a clerk behind a desk situated between the brain and the mouth. It is his job to examine utterances on their way out, and stamp them with approval or send them back for reconsideration. If such a clerk exists, mine must be very harried and overworked; and on occasion he puts his head down on the desk in despair, letting things pass without so much as a second glance.”
― In the Labyrinth of Drakes
― In the Labyrinth of Drakes
“He did not run from his grief, nor did he deny its existence. He could study his grief from a distance, like a scientist observing animals. He embraced it, accepted it, acknowledged that it would never go away. It was as much a part of him as any pleasant feeling. Perhaps even more so.”
― The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
― The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
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