We both know she's lying. She knows we know she's lying. But all of us are allowed to lie, because the truth doesn't matter. The truth is nothing but sad, and acknowledging it out loud won't change it.
“That's what literature is. It's the people who went before us, tapping out messages from the past, from beyond the grave, trying to tell us about life and death! Listen to them!”
― Passage
― Passage
“The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.”
― The Prophet
― The Prophet
“The heaviness of loss in her heart hadn't eased, but there was room there for humour, too.”
― Brown Girl in the Ring
― Brown Girl in the Ring
“No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire.”
― The Lost Princess of Oz
― The Lost Princess of Oz
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