“She'd grown up inside books. No matter how dark life became, shutting out the hurt was as easy as opening a cover. A child of murdered parents and a failed rebellion, she'd still walked in the boots of scholars and warriors, queens and conquerors.
The heavens grant us only one life, but through books, we live a thousand.”
― Godsgrave
The heavens grant us only one life, but through books, we live a thousand.”
― Godsgrave
“Communists had it all wrong. It wasn't the rich who were imprisoned by their possessions, it was the poor.”
― The Wangs vs. the World
― The Wangs vs. the World
“And what is any artist, really, but someone who doesn't mind being an asshole?”
― The Wangs vs. the World
― The Wangs vs. the World
“Sure, it will be hard, but all you need to be a writer is perseverance, a low-level alcohol dependency, and a questionable moral compass.”
― Scrappy Little Nobody
― Scrappy Little Nobody
“The books we love, they love us back. And just as we mark our places in the pages, those pages leave their marks on us. I can see it in you, sure as I see it in me. You're a daughter of the words. A girl with a story to tell.”
― Nevernight
― Nevernight
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