“They supposedly had golden hair, like yours, the color of sunlight.”
“My hair is not the color of sunlight Charlie.”
“Your hair is the color of sunlight if sunlight were light brown.”
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
“My hair is not the color of sunlight Charlie.”
“Your hair is the color of sunlight if sunlight were light brown.”
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
“It’s possible that all those little moments that meant so much to me never meant quite the same thing to him. It’s possible that he didn’t reach out to me for two full years because, when we stopped speaking, he didn’t lose something precious the way that I did.”
― People We Meet on Vacation
― People We Meet on Vacation
“...don't be a slave to who you wish you had once been. Those memories aren't alive. You are.”
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
“That is one of the great mistakes people make: assuming that someone who does menial work does not like thinking. Physical labor is great for the mind, as it leaves all kinds of time to consider the world. Other work, like accounting or scribing, demands little of the body—but siphons energy from the mind.
If you wish to become a storyteller, here is a hint: sell your labor, but not your mind. Give me ten hours a day scrubbing a deck, and oh the stories I could imagine. Give me ten hours adding sums, and all you’ll have me imagining at the end is a warm bed and a thought-free evening.”
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
If you wish to become a storyteller, here is a hint: sell your labor, but not your mind. Give me ten hours a day scrubbing a deck, and oh the stories I could imagine. Give me ten hours adding sums, and all you’ll have me imagining at the end is a warm bed and a thought-free evening.”
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
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