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She’d heard that books weren’t allowed inside the farm, and didn’t that say just about everything? In a place where books were banned there could be no personal freedom, no hope, and no dreams for the future.
In books, no one helped a girl who didn’t help herself and every fairy tale ended with the same lessons. Trick your enemy, do what you must, believe in enchantments, save yourself.
“Is it possible that we dream in our waking moments, and walk in our sleep?”
once a girl walked into a library she could never be controlled again.
“Just a warning,” Robert said. “Love can be dangerous.” Nathaniel softened to his uncle, who always wanted the best for him. “Is there anything worthwhile that is not?”
My Eve, he thought, my darling who taught me what I needed to know. He wondered why the original Eve was not praised for the knowledge she’d brought to humankind, why she wasn’t honored instead of disregarded and disgraced.
Sometimes walking away is the bravest thing you can do. When you get there, you’ll know where you are.
