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Laila
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Healing is a small and ordinary and very burnt thing. And it’s one thing and one thing only: it’s doing what you have to do.
“His heart danced upon her movements like a cork upon a tide. He heard what her eyes said to him from beneath their cowl and knew that in some dim past, whether in life or revery, he had heard their tale before.”
― A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
― A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
“We are not strangers to ourselves; we only try to be.”
― Odd Thomas
― Odd Thomas
“Petunia Temminnick’s coming-out ball was pronounced a resounding success by all in attendance. There had been highly intoxicating punch, a variety of dances, good music, and intermission entertainment. No one knew why the beautiful Miss Pelouse had stripped, rolled about in the garden, and then chucked a cheese pie at the youngest Temminnick girl before being taken away in floods of tears, but it was surely the highlight of a most enjoyable evening.”
― Etiquette & Espionage
― Etiquette & Espionage
“The greatest unwritten law of the supernatural set was that one simply didn’t steal someone else’s human.”
― The Parasol Protectorate Boxed Set: Soulless, Changeless, Blameless, Heartless and Timeless
― The Parasol Protectorate Boxed Set: Soulless, Changeless, Blameless, Heartless and Timeless
“Lord Macon:"Went for a wee nightly run. Needed peace and quiet. Needed air in my fur. Needed fields under my paws. Needed, oh I canna -hic- explain...needed the company of hegehogs."
Professor Lyall:"And did you find it?"
Lord Macon:"Find what? No hedgehogs. Stupid hedgehogs.”
― Blameless
Professor Lyall:"And did you find it?"
Lord Macon:"Find what? No hedgehogs. Stupid hedgehogs.”
― Blameless
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