‘I believe the present matters—not the past! The past must go. If we seek to keep the past alive, we end, I think, by distorting it. We see it in exaggerated terms—a false perspective.’
“No wonder men did not want women to wear bloomers. What could women accomplish if they did not have to continually mind their skirts, keep them from dragging in the mud or getting trampled on the steps of an omnibus? If they had pockets! With pockets, women could conquer the world!”
― The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter
― The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter
“The happier people can be, the unhappier they are.”
― Veronika Decides to Die
― Veronika Decides to Die
“Hey," said Shadow. "Huginn or Muninn, or whoever you are."
The bird turned, head tipped, suspiciously, on one side, and it stared at him with bright eyes.
"Say 'Nevermore,'" said Shadow.
"Fuck you," said the raven.”
― American Gods
The bird turned, head tipped, suspiciously, on one side, and it stared at him with bright eyes.
"Say 'Nevermore,'" said Shadow.
"Fuck you," said the raven.”
― American Gods
“I love to feel the temperature drop and the wind increase just before a thunderstorm. Then I climb in bed with the thunder.”
― Better to be able to love than to be loveable
― Better to be able to love than to be loveable
“Poetry is for the desperate, and for people who have grown old enough to have something to say.”
― A Memory Called Empire
― A Memory Called Empire
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