A boy at the beginning of a story has no way of knowing that the story has begun.
“No matter where she stood, she was in the center of the room.”
― The Name of the Wind
― The Name of the Wind
“I’m a simple man without a lot of complicated twists and turns. Look down my throat and you can see out my ass.”
― The Three-Body Problem
― The Three-Body Problem
“Ordinary, said Aunt Lydia, is what you are used to. This may not seem ordinary to you now, but after a time it will. It will become ordinary.”
― The Handmaid’s Tale
― The Handmaid’s Tale
“The pursuit of knowing was freedom to me, the right to declare your own curiosities and follow them through all manner of books. I was made for the library, not the classroom. The classroom was a jail of other people’s interests. The library was open, unending, free. Slowly, I was discovering myself.”
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“My disinterest in your bullshit is so tangible you could make bricks out of it.”
― The Republic of Thieves
― The Republic of Thieves
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