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“The king ordered that the saint be placed in the olive press until his flesh was torn to pieces and he died. They then threw him out of the city, but the Lord Jesus gathered the pieces together and brought him back to life, and he went back into the city. —The Story of St. George, the Great Martyr”
― Frankenstein in Baghdad
― Frankenstein in Baghdad
“Having a physical reaction to a lack of book is not unusual.”
― The Starless Sea
― The Starless Sea
“But the world is strange and endings are not truly endings no matter how the stars might wish it so.”
― The Starless Sea
― The Starless Sea
“We try to avoid meeting one another, although we are moving around in search of one another.”
― Frankenstein in Baghdad
― Frankenstein in Baghdad
“Be brave,’ she says. ‘Be bold. Be loud. Never change for anyone but yourself. Any soul worth their star-stuff will take the whole package as is and however it grows. Don’t waste your time on anyone who doesn’t believe you when you tell them how you feel.”
― The Starless Sea
― The Starless Sea
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