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“Why don’t people’s hearts tell them to continue to follow their dreams?” the boy asked the alchemist. “Because that’s what makes a heart suffer most, and hearts don’t like to suffer.”
“For a creation to last, for creative freedom, the pace must be chosen, not imposed.”
― Perfume: The Alchemy of Scent
― Perfume: The Alchemy of Scent
“Stories were different, though: they came alive in the telling. Without a human voice to read them aloud, or a pair of wide eyes following them by flashlight beneath a blanket, they had no real existence in our world.”
― The Book of Lost Things
― The Book of Lost Things
“Why was marriage always seen as the key to happiness?”
― The Lost Bookshop
― The Lost Bookshop
“I create for myself, in the hope of pleasing others.”
― Perfume: The Alchemy of Scent
― Perfume: The Alchemy of Scent
“Stories wanted to be read, David’s mother would whisper. They needed it. It was the reason they forced themselves from their world into ours. They wanted us to give them life.”
― The Book of Lost Things
― The Book of Lost Things
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