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“The best use of family was having it in front of other people.”
― Among the Ten Thousand Things
― Among the Ten Thousand Things
“It would be the end of her life, she decided, if life was a time of choices. In a week from now, she would have no choices.”
― The Sleeper and the Spindle
― The Sleeper and the Spindle
“Perhaps I simply didn't think about it too much. I've found that thinking often interferes with doing. It's one of those lessons that gods learn early in their careers.”
― The Hidden Oracle
― The Hidden Oracle
“Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape; it's a way to make contact with reality after a day of making things up, and it's a way of making contact with someone else's imagination after a day that's all too real.”
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“But let me say this, and I'll say it only once: don't fool yourself into thinking you're just on a detour as you sail home for Ithaca. A little pit stop, if you like, with the Lotus-Eaters or Calypso. There's no Athena interceding on your behalf. No guarantee you'll eventually arrive. If there's something you really want in life - especially if it's something that scares you, or you think you don't deserve - you have to go after it and do it now. Or in the very long you'll be right: you won't deserve it.”
― The Word Exchange
― The Word Exchange
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