“Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
“The stories of my ancestors are all true. We believe that a story holds its own medicine. That the listener will swallow the pieces that are meant to be absorbed into the spirit and then the spirit will use the knowledge to make the listener a more honorable person. When I was a kid, I did not believe the tall tales.”
― The Night Medicine
― The Night Medicine
“This is a place of mystery, Daniel, a sanctuary. Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
“Those crazy pot-lickers of mine don’t miss nary a thing that moves around here.”
― Blood on the Lance: Crow Killer Series - Book 5
― Blood on the Lance: Crow Killer Series - Book 5
“When bad fortune occurs, the unresourceful, unimaginative man looks about him to attach the blame to someone else; the resolute accepts misfortune and endeavors to survive, mature, and improve because of it.”
― Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern
― Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern
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