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In the darker hours, she didn’t even manage a doze. Not really. Not well. There were simply snatches of time where her thoughts were on the insides of her eyelids.
Besides, total ignorance never stopped me from trying anything before.
“You’re just trying to make it to the other end, and while you’re in it, there’s nothing to either side. Only the way forward. You know, the tunnel. Maybe when you find a way out, you can look around, but until then …”
“Gin,” replied the baker, sipping her own. “Smells like winter. Tastes like summer.”
“Kiss who you want. You’re grownups. I’m just grateful for the side benefits.”
“You do something for years and years, and the only reason you continue is because once you stop, you won’t really have anything.”
“Every book is a little mirror, and sometimes you look into it and see someone else looking back.”
“Small stones tossed in the river. A thousand tiny prayers. The course is turned,”
“Never trust a writer who doesn’t have too many books to read. Or a reader, for that matter,”
“Sometimes, it’ll never be the right time.”
“And sometimes, we aren’t the right people yet,” murmured Berk.
“I’ve never felt safer with another blade at my back, nor any other eye while I slept. We mend the holes in each other’s britches, as my old da used to say.”
“Because I’m headed down the hill, and you’re headed up it. I’m just glad we chanced to meet on the way.”
cover. Crossed Purposes by Kest Brindleby. Fern’s last suggested book. More than any of the others, it felt personal in a way she hadn’t anticipated.
Viv turned and saw Rackam’s Ravens trooping down the road to Murk, and until that moment, she hadn’t known you could feel dread and relief at the same time.
Viv never managed to say a word, but their time was over. One had gone up, and the other down, and the crossing would not be repeated.
I find myself wondering if a seed was planted in you when you were stranded here so long ago, and maybe it took a long time to blossom. If I helped water it in any way, then that would make me very happy. Yours, Fern
And as Tandri laughed, waiting for the full story, Viv was grateful for all the wrong times that had led to this right one.
