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“Having a physical reaction to a lack of book is not unusual.”
― The Starless Sea
― The Starless Sea
“Life holds a sanctity for them we can scarcely begin to imagine; it therefore struck them as absurd that someone would choose to end it.”
― Washington Black
― Washington Black
“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
“We try to avoid meeting one another, although we are moving around in search of one another.”
― Frankenstein in Baghdad
― Frankenstein in Baghdad
“It was like a voyage, only the other way round. So that instead of the waiting and hoping to sight land, you were moving over land in the first place, all impatient, all ready for that first glimpse. The seaside. The sea.”
― Last Orders
― Last Orders
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