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According to her mother, long-dead mystics theorized that if alchemical fire were to incinerate a demiurge’s bones, the prima materia—the base substance of all matter—would remain. From that divine ether, an alchemist could forge the
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“As she watches him walk away, the answering squeeze of her heart is as distressing as it is painfully familiar. How many times will she watch someone leave this place and never look back, while she is left here like a ghost to haunt it?”
― A Far Wilder Magic
― A Far Wilder Magic
“There is a Yu’adir word for wisdom, chokhmah. Scripture tells us that chokhmah is the unspotted mirror of the power of God, the image of his goodness. Fear of the Lord is the foundation of understanding. We must always seek chokhmah, even at a great cost to ourselves.”
― A Far Wilder Magic
― A Far Wilder Magic
“You want to know the truth, Vivian? If I loved you as much as he claims to love you, nothing would’ve stopped me from keeping you.”
― King of Wrath
― King of Wrath
“It’s not only that she’s terrifying and wild. It’s not that he wants her in spite of her plainness or that she’s driven him mad or ensorcelled him. It is so much more than that. How could he have been so blind for so long? Margaret Welty is the most beautiful woman he has ever seen, and he is completely, hopelessly in love with her.”
― A Far Wilder Magic
― A Far Wilder Magic
“I glared at him. Sometimes, I missed the days when all he did was scowl and punch people. Now he had jokes.”
― King of Pride
― King of Pride
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