“Plato wrote that the gods were jealous of man’s powers after the days of creation, that we had four arms and four legs and two heads, and were full of love and intelligence and grit, so they split us in half and threw our halves all around the earth. The point of life, then, is to find your other half and become whole again. The tragedy of life is if you find them and don’t hold on.” I”
― An Invisible Client
― An Invisible Client
“Charles Dickens once said that “Home” is simply a name, a word, but it’s a strong one; stronger than any magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration. And when I saw Blake again after we thought he’d died, as I held his son’s hand in that hospital room, I finally understood how, sometimes, “Home” is not a place. It’s a person . . .”
― In the Waning Light
― In the Waning Light
“The ooloi have seen to it that you’ll have a chance to live on your Earth—not just to die on it.”
― Lilith's Brood: The Complete Xenogenesis Trilogy
― Lilith's Brood: The Complete Xenogenesis Trilogy
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