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“I have so much to tell you.
But time is short. And the Veil is thick.
And it takes magic to speak, a soul full of it.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“Fond as I am of him, he does chronically suffer from a touch of motherfucker.”
― Olivie Blake, Masters of Death

“You believed in me when I was a ghost," he reminded her, "so I don't see why your faith in me should somehow lessen when you have me in your hands."
"Do I?" she asked. "Have you?"
"In the palm of your hand," he said, and it sounded suspiciously like a promise, but she shook her head, pulling away.
"This is the game," she said. "Isn't it?"
"Do you feel something?" he asked. "It doesn't feel like a game to me."
"But it is," she insisted. "And I think I understand it now."
And she did.
(Don't lose.)
(Gamble everything, but don't lose.)”
― Olivie Blake, Masters of Death

“You can't simply look at time as a function of comings and goings. Time is always in motion, even if you personally opt to desist. Whether you come or go or leave or stay, time continues. People are left. People are found. To think that resigning yourself to permanence is itself a state of permanence is already made in error.”
― Olivie Blake, Masters of Death