the Dartford Paper Mill really did smell awful—something like overcooked broccoli with a touch of morning breath.
“I think life would be much . . . simpler . . . if a man could believe in one solid thing,” he answered, still not looking at her. “Bits and pieces here and there do no good for a man’s soul. Thinking all of it is right or all of it is wrong does no good, either. Just as a magician cannot work all materials. He must choose one. But how does he know? How do these people believe in this faith, but not the others? Yet they are happy.”
― The Paper Magician
― The Paper Magician
“Everyone has a dark side! But it’s their choice whether or not they cultivate it.”
― The Paper Magician
― The Paper Magician
“The ghostly images lasted only a moment longer before fading away, as all unread stories were wont to do.”
― The Paper Magician
― The Paper Magician
“Behold, as a wild ass in the desert, go I forth to my work.”
― Dune
― Dune
“Faith is a very personal thing, really. Just because you don’t meet with a group of people once a week who believe everything exactly the way you do doesn’t mean you don’t believe in something.”
― The Paper Magician
― The Paper Magician
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