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“The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock—shock is a worn-out word—but astonish.”
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“I am the perfect weapon, I can kill with a single touch.”
― The Sin Eater's Daughter
― The Sin Eater's Daughter
“Envy can be an arrow that points to the things you want.”
― Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget
― Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget
“For me, literacy means freedom. For the individual and for society.”
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“Please tell a story about a girl who gets away.”
I would, even if I had to adapt one, even if I had to make one up just for her. “Gets away from what, though?”
“From her fairy godmother. From the happy ending that isn’t really happy at all. Please have her get out and run off the page altogether, to somewhere secret where words like ‘happy’ and ‘good’ will never find her.”
“You don’t want her to be happy and good?”
“I’m not sure what’s really meant by happy and good. I would like her to be free. Now. Please begin.”
― White Is for Witching
I would, even if I had to adapt one, even if I had to make one up just for her. “Gets away from what, though?”
“From her fairy godmother. From the happy ending that isn’t really happy at all. Please have her get out and run off the page altogether, to somewhere secret where words like ‘happy’ and ‘good’ will never find her.”
“You don’t want her to be happy and good?”
“I’m not sure what’s really meant by happy and good. I would like her to be free. Now. Please begin.”
― White Is for Witching
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