“but if every other option has been discarded as impossible, then insanity might—in this case—be practical.”
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
“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
“Many perils could fit between the sounds in “should be.”
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
“It is one of the most bitter ironies I’ve ever had to accept: there are, unquestionably, musical geniuses of incomparable talent who died as street sweepers because they never had the chance to pick up an instrument.”
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
“Tress looked toward Crow. And then, Tress took the singular step that separated her from people in most stories. The act, it might be said, that defined her as a hero. She did something so incredible, I can barley express its majesty.
I should consider this more, Tress thought to herself, and not jump to conclusions.”
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
I should consider this more, Tress thought to herself, and not jump to conclusions.”
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
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