“Most of the brain's work is done while the brain's owner is ostensibly thinking about something else, so sometimes you have to deliberately find something else to think and talk about.”
― Cryptonomicon
― Cryptonomicon
“So violent. You want to mug and tase everybody these days."
"I do," Zuzana agreed. "I swear I hate more poeple every day. Everyone annoys me. If I'm like this now, what am I going to be like when I'm old?"
"You'll be the mean old biddy who fires a BB gun at kids from her balcony."
"Nah. BBs just rile 'em up. More like a crossbow. Or a bazooka.”
― Daughter of Smoke & Bone
"I do," Zuzana agreed. "I swear I hate more poeple every day. Everyone annoys me. If I'm like this now, what am I going to be like when I'm old?"
"You'll be the mean old biddy who fires a BB gun at kids from her balcony."
"Nah. BBs just rile 'em up. More like a crossbow. Or a bazooka.”
― Daughter of Smoke & Bone
“Your heart is not wrong. Your heart is your strength. You don't have to be ashamed.”
― Days of Blood & Starlight
― Days of Blood & Starlight
“Have you ever asked yourself, do monsters make war, or does war make monsters?”
― Daughter of Smoke & Bone
― Daughter of Smoke & Bone
“Once upon a time, a girl lived in a sandcastle, making monsters to send through a hole in the sky.”
― Days of Blood & Starlight
― Days of Blood & Starlight
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