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“Peace was like any high. It couldn't last. It was an illusion, something that could be interrupted in a moment and lost forever.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ninth House

“Mors irrumat omnia. Death fucks us all.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ninth House

“Christmas Eve is a magical time," he said. "It is one of the few nights of the year-perhaps the only night of the year-when the spirit of love and peace seems to settle on everyone, regardless of who they are or where they live or what circumstances they find themselves in. It is as though the spirit of the evening folds everyone inside itself, making it impossible to feel scared or alone.”
― Ben Guterson, Winterhouse

“That was what magic did. It revealed the heart of who you'd been before life took away your belief in the possible. It gave back the world all lonely children longed for.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ninth House