“Knives,’ muttered Calder, ‘and threats, and bribes, and war?’
Bayaz’ eyes shone with the lamplight. ‘Yes?’
‘What kind of a fucking wizard are you?’
‘The kind you obey.”
― The Heroes
Bayaz’ eyes shone with the lamplight. ‘Yes?’
‘What kind of a fucking wizard are you?’
‘The kind you obey.”
― The Heroes
“I do not miss childhood, but I miss the way I took pleasure in small things, even as greater things crumbled. I could not control the world I was in, could not walk away from things or people or moments that hurt, but I took joy in the things that made me happy.”
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
“What do the dice say?"
Dice say nothing. They are dice."
Why roll'em, then?"
They are dice. What else would I do with them?”
― Best Served Cold
Dice say nothing. They are dice."
Why roll'em, then?"
They are dice. What else would I do with them?”
― Best Served Cold
“I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else.”
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
“I liked myths. They weren't adult stories and they weren't children's stories. They were better than that. They just were.”
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
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