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On the day of my first period, I was more dead doe than human woman. Was womanhood always so violent, raw?
“His voice was like snow at midnight.”
― The Bear and the Nightingale
― The Bear and the Nightingale
“I mean, I feel secure in my masculinity, too. Being secure in your masculinity isn't the same as being straight.”
― Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
― Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
“Magic is forgetting the world was ever other than as you willed it.”
― The Winter of the Witch
― The Winter of the Witch
“Life is made of so many moments that mean nothing. Then one day, a single moment comes along to define every second that comes after. Such moments are tests of courage, of strength.”
― An Ember in the Ashes
― An Ember in the Ashes
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
― A Dance with Dragons
― A Dance with Dragons
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