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“They lived firmly in the modern world, new and exciting and daring in a way that had never reached my rural village, and yet in themselves they were everything I loved about Camford-golden, glowing, elite, steeped in centuries of history and culture. They were what I wanted to be, and they made it look effortless. Perhaps I could have walked away from the archives; I couldn't walk away from them.”
— Mar 08, 2026 07:21PM
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Alanna Thornton
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"Perhaps I'll never forgive myself for opening it."
I realised, as I said it, that it was an admission. Not I would never, but I'll never. I was already speaking as though opening that door was inevitable, as though I had made exactly the decision I was pretending I would never make.
— 15 hours, 41 min ago
I realised, as I said it, that it was an admission. Not I would never, but I'll never. I was already speaking as though opening that door was inevitable, as though I had made exactly the decision I was pretending I would never make.
Alanna Thornton
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Woah
This got a little spooky & I love it
— 16 hours, 5 min ago
This got a little spooky & I love it
Alanna Thornton
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He pointed out the gorse overgrowing the stone walls, the heather strangling the old doorways. I could see what he meant then. It did resemble the way the strange trees and vines and flowers flourished across the university. "I sometimes think Camford is like a ruin that's still alive."
— 16 hours, 23 min ago
Alanna Thornton
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Feels like a magical kinder secret history, the friends, the outsider, the knowledge that something bad is coming…
— 16 hours, 27 min ago
Alanna Thornton
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“What does it feel like, the first time you open a window into faerie country? The nearest I can compare it to is like drawing a deep breath and opening your eyes, when your eyes are already open and your lungs are already full.”
— Mar 09, 2026 07:36AM
