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Eliza
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“If you let words go buzzing out of your mouth like bees, she always told me, they will come back and sting you.”
― Shadow Spinner
― Shadow Spinner
“Nothing matters except what it takes to survive. You remember this, Madeline: You're born alone and you die alone. In between, you make deals.”
― Tell Me Lies
― Tell Me Lies
“You're the one who taught me that there is truth below the surface of tales. That we can learn courage from them. That they can teach us how to live our lives.”
― Shadow Spinner
― Shadow Spinner
“Ava's father believed that myths and fairy tales - like dreams - opened a window into the unconscious. by listening to the language of dreams and old tales, he said, all humans could learn to understand themselves and the world, better.”
― The Beast's Garden
― The Beast's Garden
“There are many different words inside a city. The world of the rich and the world of beggars. The world of men and the world behind the veil. The worlds of Muslims and of Christians and of Jews.
If you are a rich woman living inside a harem, the world of a poor Christian beggarman is as foreign as China or Abyssinia.
All the worlds touch at the bazaar. And the other place where they touch is in stories. Shahrazad crossed borders all the time, telling tales of country women and Bedouin sheikhs, of poor fishermen and scheming sultanas, of Jewish doctors and Christian brokers, of India and China and the lands of the jinn.
If we don’t share our stories—trading them across our borders as freely as spices and ebony and silk—we will all be strangers forever.”
― Shadow Spinner
If you are a rich woman living inside a harem, the world of a poor Christian beggarman is as foreign as China or Abyssinia.
All the worlds touch at the bazaar. And the other place where they touch is in stories. Shahrazad crossed borders all the time, telling tales of country women and Bedouin sheikhs, of poor fishermen and scheming sultanas, of Jewish doctors and Christian brokers, of India and China and the lands of the jinn.
If we don’t share our stories—trading them across our borders as freely as spices and ebony and silk—we will all be strangers forever.”
― Shadow Spinner
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