“Let me say what sorcery is not: it is not divine power, which comes with a thought and a blink. It must be made and worked, planned and searched out, dug up, dried, chopped and ground, cooked, spoken over, and sung. Even after all that, it can fail, as gods do not.”
― Circe
― Circe
“Everything in creation is just a trick of the light - the only difference between heaven and hell is who's running those lights, who's got the switch, who knows the cues.”
― Radiance
― Radiance
“Maybe it would be easier if we were allowed to yell? The public librarian has been typecast. We're supposed to whisper and shush, demand silence, when in reality we work our asses off trying to help people speak up. Maybe it seems safer for us to whisper. Because maybe if we could shout, it would shake the walls down.”
― Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks
― Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks
“I'm an extra in your story. Well, you're an extra in mine, boy.”
― Radiance
― Radiance
“They start setting up on a little left stage playing my secret favorite song: the rustling of sheet music and set lists, the coughing and quiet warm-up, the tuning of instruments, squeak of speakers and amps, the last rags on cigarettes and popping of knuckles.”
― The Refrigerator Monologues
― The Refrigerator Monologues
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