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“Writing is the closest thing we have to real magic. Writing is creating something out of nothing, is opening doors to others lands. Writing gives you power to shape your own world when the real one hurts too much.”
― The Familiar
― The Familiar
“You’re right. I’m stupid and sentimental. When we wed I was a foolish girl who hoped to love you. I grew into a foolish woman who hoped to please you. And now, well, I suppose I’m still a foolish woman who only hopes to be rid of you. Go away, Marius.”
― The Familiar
― The Familiar
“But let it be my ambition and not my fear that seals my fate.”
― The Familiar
― The Familiar
“Be glad you don’t get it. It means your life has been a lot gentler than hers.”
― Just for the Summer
― Just for the Summer
“Months later, a woman brought a fish home from the market and cut it open to find an emerald the size of her thumbnail. She thanked the fish, tucked the jewel into her pocket, and left the house, never to be seen again. Her husband, a drunkard with heavy fists, found only the fish, which he was forced to prepare himself for dinner. He choked on a bone and was buried in a pauper's grave.”
― The Familiar
― The Familiar
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