“On a million hillsides the girl ran, on a million bridges the girl chose, on a million paths the woman stood...
All different, all one.
All she could do for all of them was be herself, here and now, as hard as she could.”
― Lords and Ladies
All different, all one.
All she could do for all of them was be herself, here and now, as hard as she could.”
― Lords and Ladies
“It's always too late for sorries, but I appreciate the sentiment.”
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
“HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE." Or, from the very next page, "YOU NEED TO BELIEVE IN THINGS THAT AREN'T TRUE. HOW ELSE CAN THEY BECOME?”
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“It was a Guild of Assassins, after all. Black was what you wore. The night was black and so were you. And black had such style, and an Assassin without style, everyone agreed, was just a highly paid arrogant thug.”
― Night Watch
― Night Watch
“Twas beauty killed the beast,‘ said the Dean, who liked to say things like that.
‘No it wasn‘t,‘ said the Chair. ‘It was it splatting into the ground like that.”
― Moving Pictures
‘No it wasn‘t,‘ said the Chair. ‘It was it splatting into the ground like that.”
― Moving Pictures
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