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Jess Shanks
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“Could a man's heart, his soul, perish and yet leave him walking and talking as if alive?”
― Academ's Fury
― Academ's Fury
“You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone's soul, becomes their blood and self and purpose. That tale will move them and drive them and who knows that they might do because of it, because of your words. That is your role, your gift.”
― The Night Circus
― The Night Circus
“These stories were very old, as old as people, and they had survived because they were very powerful indeed. They were the tales that echoed in the head long after the books that contained them were cast aside. They were both an escape from reality and an alternative reality themselves. They were so old, and so strange, that they had found a kind of existence independent of the pages they occupied. The world of the old tales existed parallel to ours, but sometimes the walls separating the two became so thing and brittle that the two worlds started to blend into each other. That was when the trouble started. That was when the bad things came. That was when the Crooked Man began to appear to David.”
― The Book of Lost Things
― The Book of Lost Things
“Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.”
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“Be strong. Live honorably and with dignity. When you don't think you can, hold on.”
― A Million Little Pieces
― A Million Little Pieces
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