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To really touch something, she is learning—the bark of a sycamore tree in the gardens; a pinned stag beetle in the Department of Entomology; the exquisitely polished interior of a scallop shell in Dr. Geffard’s workshop—is to love it.
“Motherfuckers will read a book that’s one third Elvish, but put two sentences in Spanish and they [white people] think we’re taking over.”
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“Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved.”
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“Remember that all through history, there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they seem invincible. But in the end, they always fall. Always.”
― Gandhi: An Autobiography
― Gandhi: An Autobiography
“I know the Goliath Fucking Bird-Eating Spider can't fly because if it could, it would have a different name entirely. We would call it "sir" because it would be the dominant species on the planet. None of us would leave the house unless a Goliath Fucking Bird-Eating Spider said it was okay”
― This Book Is Full of Spiders
― This Book Is Full of Spiders
“Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old.”
― A Feast for Crows
― A Feast for Crows
Penryn and the End of Days Re-Read
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We’re re-reading Susan Ee's Penryn and the End of Days series! In the build-up to the publication of END OF DAYS in May, we’ll be taking a look back a ...more
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