“Don't bring your morality around me. Morals is for people who's already got food.”
― The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog
― The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog
“Jess had never imagined that someone would be so empty that they’d need to destroy something that precious to feel full.”
― Ink and Bone
― Ink and Bone
“Snow was falling,
so much like stars
filling the dark trees
that one could easily imagine
its reason for being was nothing more
than prettiness.”
―
so much like stars
filling the dark trees
that one could easily imagine
its reason for being was nothing more
than prettiness.”
―
“Once Upon a time,' the stories would begin ... no particular time, fictional time, fairy-story time. This is a doorway; if you are lucky, you go through it as a child, aurally, before you can read, and if you are very lucky, you become a free citizen of an ancient republic and can come and go as you please.”
― Gossip from the Forest: A Search for the Hidden Roots of Our Fairytales
― Gossip from the Forest: A Search for the Hidden Roots of Our Fairytales
“It is nice to be nice," said Kamala with a sage nod. "And it is also nice to eat people.”
― The Star-Touched Queen
― The Star-Touched Queen
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