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But I care, deeply. I find humans dull except in grief. There are very few in health, disaster, famine, atrocity, splendour or normality that interest me (interest ME!) but the motherless children do. Motherless children are pure crow. For
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“Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn’t. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something. That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo… and it’s worth fighting for.”
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“History is determined by those who hold the quill. The living don't fear the dead rising to correct them.”
― The Shattered Lands
― The Shattered Lands
“So, maybe love wasn't an unwieldy accessory in times of peril. Maybe it was the key to survival.”
― Shark Heart
― Shark Heart
“I can't look at everything hard enough,' Lewis whispered into the stars again and again. The combination of words belonged to a character he would never play, but in that moment, he felt that the line had been written for him.”
― Shark Heart
― Shark Heart
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