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by
T.J. Klune
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October 16 - October 24, 2023
“This is most unusual.” That was an understatement.
Accuracy demanded attention.
Linus marveled—as he sometimes did—how resilient they all were in the face of everything.
What hope would they have to be adopted if they’re treated as something to be feared?”
“No, forgive me. You’re refreshing, in your own way. Your optimism is contagious.”
“I am positively a ray of sunshine,”
“They never stay as children, Mr. Baker. They always grow up eventually.”
WE’RE HAPPIEST WHEN WE LISTEN TO THOSE IN CHARGE
A QUIET CHILD IS A HEALTHY CHILD
WHO NEEDS MAGIC WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR...
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His mother had told him once when he was a child that he blended in with the paint on the wall, only memorable when one was reminded it was there at
“Extremely Upper Management doesn’t make mistakes,” Gunther
It would have to be another salad for him tonight. No dressing.
86 Hermes Way.
“Calliope does what she wants,” he reminded her. “I have no control over her.”
After all, there were people with far less than what he had. There was a roof over his head and rabbit food in his belly, and his pajamas were monogrammed.
“Sounds like quite the existential crisis. Perhaps consider having it somewhere else.”
“Marsyas. End of the line.”
Linus Baker fainted dead away.
“Wanting to live is not being wound up.”
“Bugger,”
They were children, he told himself, but even children could bite if provoked.
“Certainly off to an auspicious start,”
He would do no such thing, but empty threats were better than no threats at all.
If not, you’re trespassing, and you should leave before I bury you here in my garden. No one would ever know because the roots would eat your entrails and bones.” She frowned again. “I think. I’ve never buried anyone before. It would be a learning experience for the both of us.”
“I’m 263 years old!”
“He’s such a drama queen.”
“Perhaps we could save the hellfire and the darkest parts for tomorrow.”
Idealism had no place in government work.
It would be best if you put your preconceived notions behind you,
“And besides, we don’t harm our guests. Certainly not to the point of murder. That would be rude.”
“You’re welcome! And I’m not even thinking about banishing your soul to eternal damnation or anything!”
I learned that there are things in this world that defy the imagination.”
A man of your size can’t live on rabbit food alone.”
“The world is a weird and wonderful place. Why must we try and explain it all away?
“I can’t imagine a life lived in such a way,” Mr. Parnassus said quietly. “It sounds like no life lived at all.”
“I think you’ll find the impossible is more accessible here than you were led to believe.”
“To see children who aren’t wanted by anyone be allowed to prosper.
And I refuse to believe that a person’s path is set in stone. A person is more than where they come from.”
“I believe that you believe that.”
“The things we fear the most are often the things we should fear the least. It’s irrational, but it’s what makes us human. And if we’re able to conquer those fears, then there is nothing we’re not capable of.”
“I am but paper. Brittle and thin. I am held up to the sun, and it shines right through me. I get written on, and I can never be used again. These scratches are a history. They’re a story. They tell things for others to read, but they only see the words, and not what the words are written upon. I am but paper, and though there are many like me, none are exactly the same. I am parched parchment. I have lines. I have holes. Get me wet, and I melt. Light me on fire, and I burn. Take me in hardened hands, and I crumple. I tear. I am but paper. Brittle and thin.”
“Dreams are merely that—dreams. They’re meant to be flights of fancy. They’re not necessarily supposed to come true.”
“There’s music everywhere, Mr. Baker. You just have to learn to listen for it.”
SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING,
Theodore, of course, thought the sun rose and set because of Linus, something that shouldn’t have tugged at his heartstrings as much as it did.
Dead people music.”
“Humanity is so weird. If we’re not laughing, we’re crying or running for our lives because monsters are trying to eat us. And they don’t even have to be real monsters. They could be the ones we make up in our heads. Don’t you think that’s weird?”
“The trappings of a normal life.
Sometimes wishes should never be spoken aloud as they won’t come true.”
