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But Lucy liked to hear about the next territory, and the next one, even farther East. Those flat plains where water is abundant and green stretches in every direction. Where towns have shade trees and paved roads, houses of wood and glass.
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“I have said before: It interests me how we find ways to feel superior to another person, another group of people. It happens everywhere, and all the time. Whatever we call it, I think it’s the lowest part of who we are, this need to find someone else to put down.”
― My Name Is Lucy Barton
― My Name Is Lucy Barton
“You stuffing it down his throat isn’t going to make him hungry.”
― The Raven King
― The Raven King
“Happiness is a risk. If you’re not a little scared, then you’re not doing it right.”
― The Peach Keeper
― The Peach Keeper
“fact of the matter was that they were all too close to the situation. They’d been too close to the situation for months. They were so close to the situation that it was difficult to tell whether or not they were the situation.”
― The Raven King
― The Raven King
“Protecting somebody by hurting them before someone else gets the chance isn't the kind of protecting that anybody wants.”
― Doll Bones
― Doll Bones
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