Nothing but snow, volcanos, and the occasional polar bear that has crossed the sea ice from Greenland.
“Sleeping pills?” Edie looked at me, a criminal tinge in her eyes. I laughed. “I’m not drugging my daughter.”
― The September House
― The September House
“The tree has lived here for two hundred years. The man only a few decades. But the man has an axe. And the tree cannot run.”
― The Gathering
― The Gathering
“The shape of power is always the same: it is infinite, it is complex, it is forever branching. While it is alive like a tree, it is growing; while it contains itself, it is a multitude.”
― The Power
― The Power
“There is no such thing as immortality. Death visited us all eventually. The only difference was when he came and how long he lingered.”
― The Gathering
― The Gathering
“But just because a fear was foolish didn’t make it any less real.”
― The Gathering
― The Gathering
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