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"Chapter Six: "Magic is not respectable, sir."
For one, Childermass. However, the footnotes. (If you've read it, you know)" — Feb 13, 2026 12:40PM
"Chapter Six: "Magic is not respectable, sir."
For one, Childermass. However, the footnotes. (If you've read it, you know)" — Feb 13, 2026 12:40PM
“And yet, I found I could survive.”
― New Moon
― New Moon
“Hello,” said a quiet, musical voice. I looked up, stunned that he was speaking to me. He was sitting as far away from me as the desk allowed, but his chair was angled toward me. His hair was dripping wet, disheveled—even so, he looked like he’d just finished shooting a commercial for hair gel. His dazzling face was friendly, open, a slight smile on his flawless lips. But his eyes were careful. “My name is Edward Cullen,” he continued. “I didn’t have a chance to introduce myself last week. You must be Bella Swan.”
― Twilight
― Twilight
“Hawkes began slowly. “It takes a great deal to trust the future after one is acquainted with loss.” “It feels impossible, for longer than is comforting. And then too tentative to trust.” “It does. But it seems that sword pierced Christ so that we always have a future. Even one different than planned.”
― The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 5
― The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 5
“You’d drink from the chalice? For what? My company?” “For you to stay with me—forever.”
― Mask of Deception and Sacrifice
― Mask of Deception and Sacrifice
“You don’t just lose a person when they die. You lose a laugh, a look, a touch. You lose a past, a present and future.”
― Cities of Smoke and Starlight
― Cities of Smoke and Starlight
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