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“Language contains our knowledge and at the same time fails to contain it. All it really contains is our performance of control. And yet, we persist.”
― Toward Eternity
― Toward Eternity
“I thought of what Igor said about Rio and me, water and fire. Whether or not humanity deserved it, Rio was the sort to pour himself out in compassion for humans. Me? I wanted to burn down the world”
― When the Tides Held the Moon
― When the Tides Held the Moon
“I am but paper. Brittle and thin. I am held up to the sun, and it shines right through me. I get written on, and I can never be used again. These scratches are a history. They’re a story. They tell things for others to read, but they only see the words, and not what the words are written upon. I am but paper, and though there are many like me, none are exactly the same. I am parched parchment. I have lines. I have holes. Get me wet, and I melt. Light me on fire, and I burn. Take me in hardened hands, and I crumple. I tear. I am but paper. Brittle and thin.”
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
“We wait to be numbed by it, for the grief to become so much that we no longer feel it. That point never arrives. Our numbers reduce, and the rage grows.”
― The Deep
― The Deep
“Humanity is not a thing you achieve by giving. It is something that is given to you.”
― Toward Eternity
― Toward Eternity
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