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"The Merry and Pippin side-quest making me weirdly emotional bc I know the descriptions of having joyful little moments of laughter and friendship among battle cries and swords clanging is based on Tolkiens actual experience in WW1" — Oct 06, 2024 03:32PM
"The Merry and Pippin side-quest making me weirdly emotional bc I know the descriptions of having joyful little moments of laughter and friendship among battle cries and swords clanging is based on Tolkiens actual experience in WW1" — Oct 06, 2024 03:32PM
“If you gave me a name, who is to say it is not mine? If I had an ordinary name, I could have an ordinary story. I could swear I first saw you in Merida, standing in the middle of the street.”
― Gods of Jade and Shadow
― Gods of Jade and Shadow
“I raise a plastic glass. “To family.”
“And Faerieland,” says Taryn, raising hers.
“And pizza,” says Oak.
“And stories,” says Heather.
“And new beginnings,” says Vivi.
Cardan smiles, his gaze on me. “And scheming great schemes.”
To family and Faerieland and pizza and stories and new beginnings and scheming great schemes. I can toast to that.”
― The Queen of Nothing
“And Faerieland,” says Taryn, raising hers.
“And pizza,” says Oak.
“And stories,” says Heather.
“And new beginnings,” says Vivi.
Cardan smiles, his gaze on me. “And scheming great schemes.”
To family and Faerieland and pizza and stories and new beginnings and scheming great schemes. I can toast to that.”
― The Queen of Nothing
“She wanted this feeling of home to settle inside her until it gave her the sweetest of dreams.”
― Lyrics Alley
― Lyrics Alley
“There was nothing she had in common with her grandfather: it was Martín who inherited all his virtues and his vices. Casiopea liked to believe herself a copy of her father or closer to her mother, even though she did not feel she possessed the woman’s kindness. Like many young people, ultimately she saw herself as a completely new creature, a creation that had sprung from no ancient soils.”
― Gods of Jade and Shadow
― Gods of Jade and Shadow
“I want him to know I am not lonely, I have ghosts, I have my illnesses, I have a mouthful of half-languages, & blood thick with medications, doctors line up to hear my crooked heart”
― The January Children
― The January Children
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