“Surrounded by child-eating swamp spirits, Toadling felt intensely loved.”
― Thornhedge
― Thornhedge
“I cannot help but forgive such earnest grief, since it was caused by such earnest love.”
― Half a Soul
― Half a Soul
“She had chosen him, that was certain. But he let himself be carried along with the tides, allowed them to sway him this way and then another. And one day he might look around and ask how he ended up where he did, as though he’d had no way to prevent it.”
― Atalanta
― Atalanta
“This is how colonialism works. It convinces us that the fallout from resistance is entirely our fault, that the immoral choice is resistance itself rather than the circumstances that demanded it.”
― Babel
― Babel
“Besides, sometimes it’s inevitable for the past to be forgotten, especially if the present is no less horrific;”
― Minor Detail
― Minor Detail
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