“We are taught that the route of a pilgrimage should serve its spiritual goal. Which may be simple or manifold, but which will partake of at least one of five aims: service, supplication, gratitude, divination, and atonement.”
“You’re not destined or chosen, I wish I could tell you that you were if that would make it easier, but it’s not true. You’re in the right place at the right time, and you care enough to do what needs to be done. Sometimes that’s enough.”
― The Night Circus
― The Night Circus
“Is it ignorance if you don’t care to know it?” “Yes. That is almost the definition of ignorance, actually.”
― City of Stairs
― City of Stairs
“That’s because the true purpose of money is to manipulate others and make them feel lesser than you.” “I’m not entirely sure about that,” Emma said. “Only kidding!” said Horace. “It’s to buy clothes, of course.”
― Hollow City
― Hollow City
“Oppression doesn’t make people noble. Give any of us a little comfort, and we’ll kill to keep it. The despised become despicable.”
― Big Machine
― Big Machine
“When the blind refuse the gift of sight, you only anger them by describing what the world around them offers.”
― Veiled Threat
― Veiled Threat
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