Perhaps she was glass. But glass is only brittle until it breaks. Then it’s sharp.
“There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors.”
― Dune
― Dune
“The town has a sense, not of history, but of time, and the telephone poles seem to know this. If you lay your hand against one, you can feel the vibration from the wires deep within the wood, as if souls had been imprisoned in there and were struggling to get out.”
― ’Salem’s Lot
― ’Salem’s Lot
“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.”
― I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon
― I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon
“My ambition is handicapped by laziness”
― Factotum
― Factotum
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