"Evil?" Womble rarely used the word in his work. It was a storybook word. Neither right nor wrong. A word made up to fill a gap in how to talk about the world when it tilted on its side spilling out more blood and pain than people could
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“He didn't think people changed much—his people anyway. Their souls had been ripped apart trying to stop what could never be stopped, and they took a fierce pride in opening old wounds just to show they could endure them again.”
― The Serpent's Sage
― The Serpent's Sage
“Evil?" Womble rarely used the word in his work. It was a storybook word. Neither right nor wrong. A word made up to fill a gap in how to talk about the world when it tilted on its side spilling out more blood and pain than people could stand.”
― The Serpent's Sage
― The Serpent's Sage
“I had to decide between being a man who is not entirely a man, and being a dead man. I chose the former.”
― A Man Who is Not a Man
― A Man Who is Not a Man
“Of all our feelings the only one which really doesn't belong to us is hope. Hope belongs to life, it's life itself defending itself. Etcetera.”
― Hopscotch
― Hopscotch
“Moments recalled like friends. It was that way or another.
We’re fairly certain either way. Stories. They are with us.
Time doesn’t forsake. It doesn’t soothe or decrease. Never.”
― Out There Somewhere (Volume 49)
We’re fairly certain either way. Stories. They are with us.
Time doesn’t forsake. It doesn’t soothe or decrease. Never.”
― Out There Somewhere (Volume 49)
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