“But no. There is a difference between the truth and what we wish were true.”
― The Slow Regard of Silent Things
― The Slow Regard of Silent Things
“Sleep offers us a retreat from the world and all its pain. Sleep marks passing time, giving us distance from the things that have hurt us.”
― The Name of the Wind
― The Name of the Wind
“It was wise enough to know itself, and brave enough to BE itself, and wild enough to change itself while somehow staying altogether true.”
― The Slow Regard of Silent Things
― The Slow Regard of Silent Things
“Cruelty never helped the turning of the world.”
― The Slow Regard of Silent Things
― The Slow Regard of Silent Things
“As he continued to load the barrow, he moved slower and slower, like a machine winding down. Eventually he stopped completely and stood for a long minute, still as stone. Only then did his composure break. And even with no one there to see, he hid his face in his hands and wept quietly, his body wracked with wave on wave of heavy, silent sobs.”
― The Name of the Wind
― The Name of the Wind
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