“And how are you feeling this morning?” Dougal asked, smiling wanly. “Like a hedgehog got loose in my skull and fouled itself between my ears,” the norn said with a knowing smile. “Never better!”
“I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the things I'm afraid of. ”
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“Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly – they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced.”
― Brave New World
― Brave New World
“I am not who you think I am; I am not who I think I am; I am who I think you think I am ”
― Inscriptions
― Inscriptions
“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
― A Game of Thrones
― A Game of Thrones
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