

“Human lives are not pieces of string that can be separated out from a knot of others and laid out straight. Familes are webs. Impossible to touch one part of it without setting the rest vibrating. Impossible to understand one part without having a sense of the whole.”
― The Thirteenth Tale
― The Thirteenth Tale

“Once upon a time there was a fairy godmother, but the rest of the time there was none. This story is about one of those other times.”
― The Thirteenth Tale
― The Thirteenth Tale

“As for you, you are alive. But it's not the same as living.”
― The Thirteenth Tale
― The Thirteenth Tale

“All great and precious things are lonely.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden

“Advice for a human.
81. You can't find happiness looking for the meaning of life. Meaning is only the third most important thing. It comes after loving and being.
82. If you think something is ugly, look harder. Ugliness is just a failure of seeing.”
― The Humans
81. You can't find happiness looking for the meaning of life. Meaning is only the third most important thing. It comes after loving and being.
82. If you think something is ugly, look harder. Ugliness is just a failure of seeing.”
― The Humans
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