“One might think it amazing that in face of such overwhelming evidence, no effort was made to save themselves. But though I cannot help but wish that when the world quirks and shudders, we have the wherewithal to listen, even I cannot deny how difficult it can be, to accept that sometimes, to survive, we must change our course.”
― The Spear Cuts Through Water
― The Spear Cuts Through Water
“We must take care not to let the bliss of the present fade when compared to supposedly better days. We’re happy, sure, but were we more happy then? If we let it, memories can make shadows of the now, as nothing can match the buttressed legends of our past.”
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
“You can fault the dancer, but more often than not, it is the dance itself that has to change.”
― The Spear Cuts Through Water
― The Spear Cuts Through Water
“Where am I now? I am here, now. That's where I am. Now. If you don't understand, turn yourself around and you speak to the past and speak to the future. What you say matters. What you do matters. Love whom you will cherish them while you have the time, don't' give an inch when the bullies kick at your stilts, Kick back, and then give them a poultice if you've hurt them. The past and future are just window dressing. Where I am is here. I'm busy with a potion that seems to come with this distracting side effect and I better make some corrections before I start hearing violins in the water closet and seeing comets in the chowder. Do you have anything else, or is this just chatter? I hardly think my younger self worth the cost of conversation. Didn't have much to say then and have less to add now, after all this so-called living.”
― The Witch of Maracoor
― The Witch of Maracoor
“The stories are everywhere, you cannot avoid them. Every day you tell a story to yourself; the details of your day become a part of your myth. It is reordered. It is made sense of.”
― The Spear Cuts Through Water
― The Spear Cuts Through Water
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