“...there's no such thing as a happy ending. The songs, books, and movies with "happy endings" al stop at teh moment of triumph....There are, however, good stopping places.”
― A Cosmology of Monsters
― A Cosmology of Monsters
“We can't make new happiness past a certain point, but we can linger in past joy forever, perfectly captured with the rememberer's eye.”
― A Cosmology of Monsters
― A Cosmology of Monsters
“That's one form of magic, of course."
"What, just knowing things?"
"Knowing things that other people don't know.”
― Equal Rites
"What, just knowing things?"
"Knowing things that other people don't know.”
― Equal Rites
“Living with a family wounded by a loss you can't remember is like sitting behind a tall person at a movie theater. The people around you are laughing, crying, reacting to something, but you have no idea what.”
― A Cosmology of Monsters
― A Cosmology of Monsters
“I don't reject the choices I've made, or the cost. It's not so surprising, I guess. My monster suit always fit better than my regular skin. I was never a guardian, or a hero, but a creator and harvester of fear.”
― A Cosmology of Monsters
― A Cosmology of Monsters
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