“You are too attached to things as they are,” said Morozko, combing the mare’s withers. He glanced down idly. “You must allow things to be what best suits your purpose. And then they will.”
― The Bear and the Nightingale
― The Bear and the Nightingale
“She definitely wasn't what I thought she was.'
'She wasn't a maniacal fan, you mean?'
'She was a maniacal fan, but I don't think the maniacal fans are what I thought they were. Well, not all of them, anyway.'
'They're just a bit normal, really,' I say.
'Or we're all weird.'
'You can say that again.”
― I Was Born for This
'She wasn't a maniacal fan, you mean?'
'She was a maniacal fan, but I don't think the maniacal fans are what I thought they were. Well, not all of them, anyway.'
'They're just a bit normal, really,' I say.
'Or we're all weird.'
'You can say that again.”
― I Was Born for This
“Their music was good and fun, yes, but they looked kind. They were attractive, but not in a scary, very masculine way that many young girls find intimidating. They had floppy hair and skinny frames, you know, that sort of thing. Which is very fashionable now, but wasn’t really back then. They gave these girls something very safe to love. Something that would never bite them back. In the sixties, everything would bite you back if you were a girl.”
― I Was Born for This
― I Was Born for This
“When you compare the sorrows of real life to the pleasures of the imaginary one, you will never want to live again, only to dream forever.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
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