“Earth, for gravity; Water, for motion; Fire, for hot and cold; Forest, for flesh and blood; Metal, for electricity. Everything else is extra.”
― The Black Tides of Heaven
― The Black Tides of Heaven
“Poetry is for the desperate, and for people who have grown old enough to have something to say.”
― A Memory Called Empire
― A Memory Called Empire
“Nobody knew what to say to that. The problem with knowing people too well is that their words stop meaning anything and their silences start meaning everything”
― All Our Wrong Todays
― All Our Wrong Todays
“We’re all different people all through our lives, but that’s okay, as long as you remember all the people you used to be.”
― Here and Now and Then
― Here and Now and Then
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