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Marcela is 72% done

12. The first tear was a surprise, the second a warning, and then the floodgates opened: he wept for the children—both known and unknown. He wept for each raised fist. He wept in bittersweet joy, in ferocious heartbreak. He wept at the unknowable mysteries of this universe. And for the first time, Arthur Franklin Parnassus wept for himself.

— Dec 31, 2025 03:40PM

Somewhere Beyond the Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #2)

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Marcela is 97% done

Epilogue. "Everything he’d done, everything he’d lived for, fought for, all the sleepless nights and miles on the road, the good, the bad, and the ugly, all of it had led to this."

— Dec 31, 2025 06:02PM

Marcela is 92% done

15. "I finally understood what life was supposed to be like. Color, joy. Togetherness. Knowing people are there to have your back even when you’re at your darkest."
“Magic comes from within. It’s not just about our gifts.”...“It’s about intent. What we want from it, what we plan to do with it in the future. My grandmother always said that the earth, the sea, all of it listens to everything we do.”

— Dec 31, 2025 04:07PM

Marcela is 83% done

14. “Maybe you shouldn’t be the one to decide what is or isn’t offensive to a person in the community you’re denigrating,” Sal said. “Do you even know why gnomes have beards or what they symbolize?”..." The length and level of luxuriousness of a garden gnome’s beard is directly related to the well-being of their garden. The healthier the garden, the longer and thicker the beard."

— Dec 31, 2025 03:55PM

Marcela is 75% done

13. “I thought she just needed a hug.”
“What people in power always want: more power."
“It makes my spiders sleepier when I do things to help others. I bet this will make them sleep for weeks...” La parte sobre la crianza es hermosa.

— Dec 31, 2025 03:50PM

Marcela is 67% done

11. 'anytime I want to wipe out the entire universe, I remember that humans made music and then I think that maybe, just maybe, you weirdos have something to offer after all.'
'the yeti had already taught Arthur that a bit of fear could be healthy... Wasn’t fear a part of the human condition'
'You do it because maybe someone will see and do the same for another, and then that person will help someone else.'

— Dec 28, 2025 01:35PM

Marcela is 57% done

10. 'I believe they do care, but not in any way that benefits the groups affected. They care about themselves. About control. About manipulation in media, in polling, in the spreading of fear until subservience is not only a relief, but a welcome one at that'

— Dec 16, 2025 08:49AM

Marcela is 51% done

9. ...perhaps that’s the point: the trials and tribulations of life weigh heavily upon us, but we find people to help lighten the load.

— Dec 11, 2025 06:44PM

Marcela is 45% done

The kids' discussion on vegetarianism cracked me up.

— Dec 08, 2025 10:15AM

Marcela is 37% done

7. If you go into a situation expecting the worst, it may cloud your ability to see what good can come from it.

— Nov 27, 2025 06:29PM

Marcela is 30% done

6. We all have monsters inside of us. The difference between us is that I let mine come out to play.