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“Lots of people deserve to die,” said the dust-wife finally. “Not everybody deserves to be a killer.”
― Nettle & Bone
― Nettle & Bone
“If we don’t pretend we’re laughing, we might have to admit just how broken we are.”
― What Moves the Dead
― What Moves the Dead
“It's because you're too much alike. What did the abbess used to say? That our own flaws infuriate us in other people?”
― Nettle & Bone
― Nettle & Bone
“You expect heroes to survive terrible things. If you give them a medal, then you don't ever have to ask why the terrible thing happened in the first place. Or try to fix it.”
― A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking
― A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking
“You didn’t fail,” I said. “They wouldn’t let you succeed. It’s different.”
― A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking
― A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking
Girls, Guns and Grimoires
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NineStar Press is an LGBTQA publisher owned and managed by LGBTQA people. We adore romance and erotic romance, but we also have an enormous interest i ...more
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