“My library was -- all libraries are -- a place of ultimate refuge, a wild and sacred space where meanings are manageable precisely because they aren't binding; and where illusion is comfortingly real.”
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“The entire time she'd watched him - waited for him to join her, even in death - her features had remained serene. A flame in the mist.”
― Flame in the Mist
― Flame in the Mist
“Be as swift as the wind. As silent as the forest. As fierce as the fire. As unshakable as the mountain. And you can do anything...”
― Flame in the Mist
― Flame in the Mist
“Bravery did not come to her naturally. She spent too much time weighing her options to be brave. Too much time calculating the many paths before her. But Mariko knew it was time to do more. Time to be more. She would not die a coward.”
― Flame in the Mist
― Flame in the Mist
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