hope is a knife that can cut through the foundations of the world,
“I've never seen a nation more quick at finding joy in a sad situation than the Irish at a funeral.”
― Vocation of a Gadfly
― Vocation of a Gadfly
“Papi was embalmed in sea salt,
like an ancient insect caught in honey,
unmoving, from a different time.”
― Clap When You Land
like an ancient insect caught in honey,
unmoving, from a different time.”
― Clap When You Land
“no-one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away – until the clock he wound up winds down, until the wine she made has finished its ferment, until the crop they planted is harvested. The span of someone’s life, they say, is only the core of their actual existence.”
― Reaper Man
― Reaper Man
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