“Lem nodded. “It is. But a terrible idea executed brilliantly has to be better than a brilliant idea executed terribly. I mean, look at pelicans.”
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
“Do you know how many grand romances would have avoided tragedy if the hero had thought, "You know, maybe I should ask her if she likes me first"?”
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
“She wasn’t even certain she was Tress anymore, or if she’d become someone else. You could say, in other words, that her state at the moment was distress”
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
“Enjoy memories, yes, but don't be a slave to who you wish you once had been.”
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
“Do not let memory chase you… Enjoy memories, yes, but don’t be a slave to who you wish you once had been. Those memories aren’t alive. You are.”
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
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