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“Little fish risking everything for a piece of godhood...and not knowing heaven from hell, even when they find it.”
― A Fire Upon the Deep
― A Fire Upon the Deep

“I don't want to see another church; the smell of the places makes me sick. Stale incense, old sweat, and lies...
"In the Hills, the Cities”
― Books of Blood, Volume One
"In the Hills, the Cities”
― Books of Blood, Volume One

“Take me home," she said, and the words hit me like a whip. I think I shook my head. "Take me home." There were levels of pain there, and subtlety, and an amazing cruelty. And I knew then that I'd never been hated, ever, as deeply or thoroughly as this wasted little girl hated me now, hated me for the way I'd looked, then looked away, beside Rubin's all-beer refrigerator.
So--if that's the word--I did one of those things you do and never find out why, even though something in you knows you could never have done anything else.
I took her home.”
―
So--if that's the word--I did one of those things you do and never find out why, even though something in you knows you could never have done anything else.
I took her home.”
―

“For God's sake, don't let her watch Cinderella. What kind of example is that? A mindless twit who can't even remember where she left her damn shoe, so she has to wait for some douchebag in tights to bring it to her? Give me a frigging break!”
― Tangled
― Tangled

“So what I’m getting at is this. Okay, maybe it’s cold in the grave. Maybe you come out of the light and you think, Fuck your mother, this is bad. This is worse than anything I would have guessed. But the trick is to clench your teeth, get a running start and dive.
When I hit that other country, from whose bourne no traveller back-pedals, I’m going to be moving fast. I’m gambling that the first ten seconds or so will be the worst.”
― Dead Men's Boots
When I hit that other country, from whose bourne no traveller back-pedals, I’m going to be moving fast. I’m gambling that the first ten seconds or so will be the worst.”
― Dead Men's Boots

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