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“Remember, the past need not become our future as well.”
― Elantris
― Elantris
“Personally, I like it much better when someone else does the decision making. That way you have legitimate grounds to whine and complain. I tend to find both whining and complaining quite interesting and amusing, though sometimes--unfortunately--it's hard to choose which one of the two I want to do.
Sigh. LIfe can be so tough sometimes.”
― Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones
Sigh. LIfe can be so tough sometimes.”
― Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones
“My behavior is nonetheless, deplorable. Unfortunately, I'm quite prone to such bouts of deplorability--take for instance, my fondness for reading books at the dinner table.”
― Mistborn: The Final Empire
― Mistborn: The Final Empire
“I froze, shocked. (And don't try to claim that you did anything different the first time a government bureaucrat pulled a gun on you.)”
― Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians
― Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians
“Authors also create lovable, friendly characters, then proceed to do terrible things to them, like throw them in unsightly librarian-controlled dungeons. This makes readers feel hurt and worried for the characters. The simple truth is that authors like making people squirm. If this weren't the case, all novels would be filled completely with cute bunnies having birthday parties.”
― Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians
― Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians
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