“I had been old and stern for so long, carved with regrets and years like a monolith. But that was only a shape I had been poured into. I did not have to keep it.”
― Circe
― Circe
“So much of who we are is what we remember and retell,”
― A Memory Called Empire
― A Memory Called Empire
“No darkness lasts forever. And even there, there are stars.”
― The Farthest Shore
― The Farthest Shore
“Yes, of course duct tape works in a near-vacuum. Duct tape works anywhere. Duct tape is magic and should be worshiped.”
― The Martian
― The Martian
“I thought once that gods are the opposite of death, but I see now they are more dead than anything, for they are unchanging, and can hold nothing in their hands.”
― Circe
― Circe
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