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“Have a life. Don't hide away forever. Have children, even. Go to Europe, see what you find there. You might even have an adventure or two.” “Thanks, that sounds awful,”
“The pink hadrosaur jumps over 13 purple griffins in the icebox”
― Chaos
― Chaos
“Cynicism is simply realism with a veneer of irony.”
― Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows
― Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows
“An addict of any kind is always on the lookout for newer, more intense experiences. After a time he builds up an immunity to the rush of sensation he receives from his addiction. He seeks greater heights, higher stakes.”
― Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows
― Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows
“My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends—
It gives a lovely light!”
― A Few Figs from Thistles
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends—
It gives a lovely light!”
― A Few Figs from Thistles
“And now Kevin is gone, too, and the department decays in a hundred subtle ways without his constant attention, and despite everything I saw that night, despite everything that I know, about him, about the world, I would welcome him back, if I saw him again.”
― The Private Life of Elder Things
― The Private Life of Elder Things
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