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Wisdom doesn’t come like a spring tide. It’s more like the slow unfolding of an oak, from acorn to sapling. Before that oak becomes a tall tree, you will be old.
“I know that part of the story must be made up, because there's no such thing as curses or cracks in the world, but maybe that's all a good ghost story is: a way of handing out consequences to the people who never got them in real life.”
― Starling House
― Starling House
“These women have always worn motherhood big and loud on their chests, but Tova keepers hers inside, sunk deep in her guts like an old bullet. Private.”
― Remarkably Bright Creatures
― Remarkably Bright Creatures
“But the family tree stopped growing long ago, its canopy thinned and frayed, not a single sap springing from the old rotting trunk. Some trees aren't meant to sprout tender new branches, but to stand stoically on the forest floor, silently decaying.”
― Remarkably Bright Creatures
― Remarkably Bright Creatures
“A world where people loved and valued books and learning so much that they were willing to die for them. Can you imagine what such a civilization was like?”
― House of Flame and Shadow
― House of Flame and Shadow
“Okay, let’s do a head count. If you’re disowned, disgraced, or both, raise your hand.” Tharion, Baxian, Lidia, Hunt, and Ruhn raised their hands.”
― House of Flame and Shadow
― House of Flame and Shadow
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