

“At least you two are back together now,鈥 Donut said. 鈥淎nd you got a nice box out of it. I know you find it unpleasant, Carl. But you being stubborn about this is causing everything to be more dangerous. We have to kill these things anyway, so if the AI wants you to kill in a certain way, I don鈥檛 see why it matters. This is just like one of those agility courses that Miss Beatrice used to insist I complete at all the regional cat shows. I did not like doing it, and I never ribboned of course, but I knew if I did well, I would get an extra brushing that evening. We are all prostitutes in one way or another, I suppose.”
― The Gate of the Feral Gods
― The Gate of the Feral Gods

“So many parents will try to kill everything brilliant about a girl in the name of giving her a good life, a safe life, a chance at happiness.”
― Blood Over Bright Haven
― Blood Over Bright Haven

“You don鈥檛 see yourself very clearly, Effy.鈥 Preston shifted in his seat so that they were facing one another. 鈥淐hallenging me isn鈥檛 pestering. I鈥檓 not always right. Sometimes I deserve to be challenged. And changing your mind isn鈥檛 foolish. It just means you鈥檝e learned something new. Everyone changes their mind sometimes, as they should, or else they鈥檙e just, I don鈥檛 know, stubborn and ignorant. Moving water is healthy; stagnant water is sickly. Tainted.”
― A Study in Drowning
― A Study in Drowning

“Art - and all stories are art, even the ones about real people - is about what it does to you.”
― Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
― Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

“The question isn鈥檛: How do I stop feeling this way? That鈥檚 stupid. I can鈥檛. The question is: What can I do with this feeling?”
― Blood Over Bright Haven
― Blood Over Bright Haven
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