“You are very careful with your thinking when you pick up a week-old paper.”
― And The Rock Cried Out
― And The Rock Cried Out
“You keep asking why your work is not enough, and I don’t know how to answer that, because it is enough to exist in the world and marvel at it. You don’t need to justify that, or earn it. You are allowed to just live.”
― A Psalm for the Wild-Built
― A Psalm for the Wild-Built
“There is no knowing for a fact. The only dependable things are humility and looking.”
― The Overstory
― The Overstory
“I know why those librarians read the old stories to you,” Rex says. “Because if it’s told well enough, for as long as the story lasts, you get to slip the trap.”
― Cloud Cuckoo Land
― Cloud Cuckoo Land
“Without constructs, you will unravel few mysteries. Without knowledge of the mysteries, your constructs will fail. These pursuits are what make us, but without comfort, you will lack the strength to sustain either.”
― A Psalm for the Wild-Built
― A Psalm for the Wild-Built
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