“Some days, the memories hung over her like a weight. Each was light enough to bear on its own, but combined, they could make it difficult to even walk up the stairs. And yet, she wouldn't trade them away for anything. Their existence made this house, this life, a place she had fought for and won. A place where she belonged.”
― Sorcery of Thorns
― Sorcery of Thorns
“I think - I think I was a bit dead already, before you came along.”
― Sorcery of Thorns
― Sorcery of Thorns
“I was warned I’d see some strange things in the countryside,” he said, “but I admit, I didn’t expect to find a feral librarian roaming the stacks.”
(...)"I didn't expect you to find me, either" she heard herself say.”
― Sorcery of Thorns
(...)"I didn't expect you to find me, either" she heard herself say.”
― Sorcery of Thorns
“Life is like the oil within a lamp. It can be measured, but the pace at which it burns depends on how the dial is turned day by day, how bright and fierce the flame. And there is no predicting whether the lamp might be knocked to the ground and shatter, when it could have blazed on a great while longer. Such is the unpredictability of life.”
― Sorcery of Thorns
― Sorcery of Thorns
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