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“Still, his hesitation was its own reassurance. The bad ones lied, quick and smooth——or worse, brushed it aside, sometimes with humor. Only those with a conscience would stop and evaluate her question [are you kind].”
“She could never decide which was worse: the wailing, or the silence. Maybe they were equally bad.”
— Jun 29, 2022 05:30PM
“She could never decide which was worse: the wailing, or the silence. Maybe they were equally bad.”
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Mary
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“The house unfolded into view, giving the illusion of a pop-up children’s book, the ancient parapets jutting uncomfortably against failing winter light”
— Jun 29, 2022 06:08PM
Mary
is on page 12 of 298
“If book eaters could write, they wouldn’t need other people’s books.”
— Jun 29, 2022 05:54PM
Mary
is on page 11 of 298
“Non-Cousin people existed in the world, humans, who ate animal flesh & dirty plants they plucked from soil.”
— Jun 29, 2022 05:54PM
Mary
is on page 10 of 298
“Biblichor” = the smell of very old books according to Uncle Aike
-ichor = Greek for what the “godly” version of blood
“Blood of the books” 🧐🤯
— Jun 29, 2022 05:46PM
-ichor = Greek for what the “godly” version of blood
“Blood of the books” 🧐🤯
Mary
is on page 6 of 298
“Everyone had small vices and little problems, always, but that was a given, and she could cope with the small stuff. They were only human, after all.”
Lol talk about pretentious, but I guess maybe it’s true 😂
“Be uneasy, be reluctant, and above all be vulnerable. The sure-fire act that suckered them every time.”
— Jun 29, 2022 05:28PM
Lol talk about pretentious, but I guess maybe it’s true 😂
“Be uneasy, be reluctant, and above all be vulnerable. The sure-fire act that suckered them every time.”
Mary
is on page 5 of 298
“Privacy was essential”
Home = “the cool unlit calm of Fairweather Manor, with it’s shade-tinted hallways and shadow-layered libraries.”
“Impossible to know which reaction…” lol wtf — she’s scared or her kid?!?!
— Jun 29, 2022 05:07PM
Home = “the cool unlit calm of Fairweather Manor, with it’s shade-tinted hallways and shadow-layered libraries.”
“Impossible to know which reaction…” lol wtf — she’s scared or her kid?!?!
Mary
is on page 4 of 298
Newcastle-upon-Tyne = town
“Many things to remember when…out and around humans.”
- feigning cold
- walking w/sound
- Dark vision
- feign of fear — especially because she (Devon ) = woman
“In short, Devon had always to act like prey, and not like the predator she had become.”
— Jun 29, 2022 05:05PM
“Many things to remember when…out and around humans.”
- feigning cold
- walking w/sound
- Dark vision
- feign of fear — especially because she (Devon ) = woman
“In short, Devon had always to act like prey, and not like the predator she had become.”
