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Forged by Magic (Falling for Fables #1)

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Make Believe: On Telling Stories to Children

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“Denying people access to value is an incredibly insidious form of emotional violence, one that our culture wields aggressively and liberally to keep marginalized groups small and quiet.”
― Lindy West, Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman

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“To say you have no choice is to relieve yourself of responsibility.”
― Patrick Ness, Monsters of Men

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“Kell would say it was impossible. What a useless word, in a world with magic.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Gathering of Shadows

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“Whatever I am, let it be enough”
― V.E. Schwab, A Gathering of Shadows

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“But a knife ain't just a thing, is it? It's a choice, it's something you do. A knife says yes or no, cut or not, die or don't. A knife takes a decision out of your hand and puts it in the world and it never goes back again. ”
― Patrick Ness, The Knife of Never Letting Go

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