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"Finally took the time to make it onto Part Four!" — Dec 01, 2014 12:24PM
"Finally took the time to make it onto Part Four!" — Dec 01, 2014 12:24PM
“She'd strayed from the true way of things. First you set yourself to rights. And then your house. And then your corner of the sky. And after that... Well, then she didn't rightly know what happened next. But she hoped that after that the world would start to run itself a bit, like a gear-watch proper fit and kissed wit oil. That was what she hoped would happen.”
― The Slow Regard of Silent Things
― The Slow Regard of Silent Things
“She felt the panic rising in her then. She knew. She knew how quickly things could break. You did the things you could. You tended to the world for the world's sake. You hoped you would be safe. But still she knew. It could come crashing down and there was nothing you could do. And yes, she knew she wasn't right. She knew her everything was canted wrong. She knew her head was all unkilter. She knew she wasn't true inside. She knew.”
― The Slow Regard of Silent Things
― The Slow Regard of Silent Things
“It was wise enough to know itself, and brave enough to BE itself, and wild enough to change itself while somehow staying altogether true.”
― The Slow Regard of Silent Things
― The Slow Regard of Silent Things
“Everybody talks about wanting to change things and help and fix, but ultimately all you can do is fix yourself. And that's a lot. Because if you can fix yourself, it has a ripple effect.”
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“But for half a minute she wished it was a different sort of day, even though she knew that nothing good could come from wanting at the world.”
― The Slow Regard of Silent Things
― The Slow Regard of Silent Things
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