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"A happy "ending?" At 62% complete? ...I am scared to read further. ;A;" — Jan 23, 2025 01:05PM
"A happy "ending?" At 62% complete? ...I am scared to read further. ;A;" — Jan 23, 2025 01:05PM
the facility's director, Kim Charon,
The director of the old folks' home is named Charon, the ferryman of Hades. Not gonna pull the wool over MY eyes.
“If any of [my stories] succeed in causing their readers to feel pleasantly uncomfortable when walking along a solitary road at nightfall, or sitting over a dying fire in the small hours, my purpose in writing them will have been attained.”
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“The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.”
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“Books must be treated with respect, we feel that in our bones, because words have power. Bring enough words together they can bend space and time.”
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“The worst thing you can do is nothing.”
― Snuff
― Snuff
“Most witches don’t believe in gods. They know that the gods exist, of course. They even deal with them occasionally. But they don’t believe in them. They know them too well. It would be like believing in the postman.”
― Witches Abroad
― Witches Abroad
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