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"This is far superior to the tv show - better character arcs and motivation. Most importantly, though, it's more hopeful. And that makes its conclusion all the more heartbreaking. Excited to pick up Compendium 2 in the near future." — May 03, 2013 07:34AM
"This is far superior to the tv show - better character arcs and motivation. Most importantly, though, it's more hopeful. And that makes its conclusion all the more heartbreaking. Excited to pick up Compendium 2 in the near future." — May 03, 2013 07:34AM
They were the kind of gift someone might give to make a sick child feel whimsical, to graft youth back onto a decaying body.
“If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”
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“White people in his experience were far more transparent. The most hateful rarely bothered to conceal their hostility, and when for some reason they did try to hide their feelings, they generally exhibited all the guile of five-year-olds, who cannot imagine that the world sees them other than as they wish to be seen.”
― Lovecraft Country
― Lovecraft Country
“I loved you head over handles
like my first bicycle accident —
before the mouthful of gravel and blood,
I swore we were flying.”
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like my first bicycle accident —
before the mouthful of gravel and blood,
I swore we were flying.”
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“We all create stories to protect ourselves.”
― House of Leaves
― House of Leaves
“Tomorrow may be hell, but today was a good writing day, and on the good writing days nothing else matters.”
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