“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.”
―
“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
“Inside her, great castles of comprehension, models of the world as she had understood it, shivered. She could not decide whether to let them crumble or to try desperately to save them.”
― 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
“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
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