Sean Corcoran

“If you love a man for his honesty, you cannot become angry when he shows it.”
― Sarah Dunant, The Birth of Venus

“He wanted her to sense the boundless possibilities offered by books. They would always be enough. They would never stop loving their readers. They were a fixed point in an otherwise unpredictable world. In life. In love. After death.”
― Nina George, The Little Paris Bookshop

“Magic is forgetting the world was ever other than as you willed it.”
― Katherine Arden, The Winter of the Witch

“Life is lived through things which are not true. We pretend ourselves foolish in order to show our wisdom. We find things funny, which are sad. We smile at those who we would destroy, make alliances with those we do not respect, admire ourselves for our intellect and always look for the ultimate prize. We would be great, every one of us, and to achieve greatness do not bother to look at those we have destroyed in our path. A game is all of this and more, and nobler, for those who play at last transcend themselves, and see both the consequences of their choices, and the board as a whole. I do not think there is a nobler calling than the game, and I would have you a part of it.)”
― Claire North, The Serpent