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«"We are the stars," he answers, as though it is the most obvious of facts afloat in a sea of metaphors and misdirections. "We are all star dust and stories."»

«"Do you know it?" Zachary asks.
"No, each one's different. They have similar elements, though. All Stories do, no matter what form they take. Something was, and then something changed. Change is what a story is, after all."»

«Paper is fragile, even when bound with string in cloth or leather. The majority of the stories within the Harbor on the Starless Sea are captured on paper. In books or on scrolls or folded into paper birds and suspended from ceilings. There are stories that are more fragile (...) And there are always those who would watch Alexandria burn. There always have been. There always will be. So there are always guardians.»