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“I don't know how my mom was so unstoppable despite all that stuff happening. I dunno. Maybe it's anticipation. Hope. The anticipation that the God who listens in love will one day speak justice. The hope that some final fantasy will come to pass that will make everything sad untrue.”
― Everything Sad Is Untrue
― Everything Sad Is Untrue
“Reading is the act of listening and speaking at the same time, with someone you’ve never met, but love. Even if you hate them, it’s a loving thing to do. You speak someone else’s words to yourself, and hear them for the first time.”
― Everything Sad Is Untrue
― Everything Sad Is Untrue
“Where the king gives his heart, he gives it completely.”
― Return of the Thief
― Return of the Thief
“To everyone we love we give a knife. The knife is shaped to pass through the bones of our chests like a key in a lock. Nothing else can cut our hearts so deeply.”
― The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams
― The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams
“...the call of life is as powerful as the call of death, and it is no weakness to answer to it,” she said quietly.”
― Return of the Thief
― Return of the Thief
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