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Rylan Shewmaker
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“One explanation of Guenever, for what it is worth, is that she was what they used to call a ‘real’ person. She was not the kind who can be fitted away safely under some label or other, as ‘loyal’ or ‘disloyal’ or ‘self-sacrificing’ or
‘jealous.’ Sometimes she was loyal and sometimes she was disloyal. She behaved like herself… It is difficult to write about a real person.”
— 6 hours, 42 min ago
‘jealous.’ Sometimes she was loyal and sometimes she was disloyal. She behaved like herself… It is difficult to write about a real person.”
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Rylan Shewmaker
is on page 444 of 639
Arthurian legend x the author as a conscientious objector…
“Passive resistance,” said Arthur with intense interest. “It is a new weapon. But it seems difficult to use.”
— Jun 14, 2026 06:13AM
“Passive resistance,” said Arthur with intense interest. “It is a new weapon. But it seems difficult to use.”
Rylan Shewmaker
is on page 403 of 639
“Elaine recognized Lancelot in two heartbeats. The first beat was a rising one which faltered at the top. The second one caught up with it, picked its momentum from the crest of the wave, and both came down together like a rearing horse that falls.”
Lovely!!
— Jun 02, 2026 05:08AM
Lovely!!
Rylan Shewmaker
is on page 351 of 639
“—for few people can hate so bitterly and so self-righteously as the members of a ruling caste which is being dispossessed.” True of many things, but I thought of Brussels car drivers…
Done with the Queen of Air and Darkness, a much darker book than the first. Poor unicorn.
— Mar 30, 2026 02:52PM
Done with the Queen of Air and Darkness, a much darker book than the first. Poor unicorn.
Rylan Shewmaker
is on page 223 of 639
The sword has been removed from the stone and the Wart is now King Arthur… I will miss the lovely and sweet first book.
“…he stood still solemnly, and took off his leather hat. He did this every spring religiously, when the wild geese left him, and every autumn, when he saw the first returning gaggle.”
— Mar 13, 2026 05:27PM
“…he stood still solemnly, and took off his leather hat. He did this every spring religiously, when the wild geese left him, and every autumn, when he saw the first returning gaggle.”
Rylan Shewmaker
is on page 53 of 639
“He had loved his arrow’s movement, its burning ambition in the sunlight.”
Decided I wasn’t reading enough books simultaneously.
— Mar 11, 2026 06:54AM
Decided I wasn’t reading enough books simultaneously.
