“May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't forget to make some art -- write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.”
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“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Coraline
― Coraline
“Stories may well be lies, but they are good lies that say true things, and which can sometimes pay the rent.”
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“Happy endings are a luxury of fiction.”
― Priestess of the White
― Priestess of the White
Tess’s 2025 Year in Books
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