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Bone Swans
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HOW THE MILKMAID STRUCK A BARGAIN WITH THE CROOKED ONE
I loved this reimagining of Rumpelstilzchen /Rumpelstiltskin.
“It was strange, Sari thought, that girls' joy in their own freedom was so often the thing that made men want to turn them into wives.”
― Sarahland
― Sarahland
“We have seasons when we flourish and seasons when the leaves fall from us, revealing our bare bones. Given time, they grow again.”
― Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
― Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
“Wherever the good letters had fallen like stars, souls flashed forth from formerly blank faces. People danced in puddles, muddy to their waists. Kissed each other. Clasped hands. Spoke tenderly. Wept.”
― On Fragile Waves
― On Fragile Waves
“Fear is a virus. Music is a virus and a vaccine and a cure.”
― A Song for a New Day
― A Song for a New Day
“Everyone—even the poor, even the lazy, even the undesirable—can matter. Do you see how just the idea of this provokes utter rage in some? That is the infection defending itself … because if enough of us believe a thing is possible, then it becomes so.”
― How Long 'til Black Future Month?
― How Long 'til Black Future Month?
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