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Uprooted

by Naomi Novik (Goodreads Author)

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— Mar 11, 2026 09:45AM

Jan 17, 2026 07:00PM

“It seems, unfortunately, that nothing can protect you from your own mind, your knowledge, your memories. The harder you fight to keep thoughts out, the harder they pound the battering ram to get in.”
― Jacqueline Holland, The God of Endings

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“But you understood, as I do, that survival is not a battle that you win only once. You must fight it again every day. And so you take your small losses so that you can live to fight tomorrow”
― Ava Reid, The Wolf and the Woodsman

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“If you stare long enough into the darkness of the forest, eventually something will stare right back.”
― Ava Reid, The Wolf and the Woodsman

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“And what if it is not that simple?” Samson asked. “Can a god be both slayer and shepherd? Reward and vex? Does your god only do good?”
― Brom, Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery

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“I ought to slough off any tenderness like old dead skin. It will only leave me soft-bellied and spent”
― Ava Reid, The Wolf and the Woodsman

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