“One must always be careful of books," said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.”
― Clockwork Angel
― Clockwork Angel
“Homeschool doesn’t give you a get out of teenage jail free card. It just
gives you fewer opportunities to become the butt of someone’s lame Facebook joke.”
― The Liberation of Max McTrue
gives you fewer opportunities to become the butt of someone’s lame Facebook joke.”
― The Liberation of Max McTrue
“Normal is an ilusion. What's normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.”
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“A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity. It dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.
-The Last Seance (from The Hound of Death and Other Stories, also Double Sin and Other Stories)”
― The Hound of Death and Other Stories
-The Last Seance (from The Hound of Death and Other Stories, also Double Sin and Other Stories)”
― The Hound of Death and Other Stories
“Quentin was thin and tall, though he habitually hunched his shoulders in a vain attempt to brace himself against whatever blow was coming from the heavens, and which would logically hit the tall people first.”
― The Magicians
― The Magicians
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