I really need to learn cut text soon.
Past quotes (not really of the week... more like the triweek) will appear here. Because quotes are awesome and I need to collect them. Newest first.
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“
I liked the feeling of love,' [Jonas] confessed. He glanced
nervously at the speaker on the wall, reassuring himself that no one was
listening. 'I wish we still had that,' he whispered. 'Of course,' he added
quickly, 'I do understand that it wouldn't work very well. And that it's much
better to be organized the way we are now.
I can see that it was a
dangerous way to live.'...'Still,' he said slowly, almost to himself,
'I did like the light they made. And the warmth.”
The Giver, Lois
Lowry
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“'This is the most important lesson you must learn
about magic,' Miss Ochiba went on. 'There are many ways of seeing. Each has an
element of truth, but none is the whole truth. If you limit yourselves
to one way of seeing, one truth, you will limit your power. You will
also place limits on the kinds of spells you can cast, as well as their
strength. To be a good magician, you must see in many ways. You must be
flexible. You must be willing to learn from different sources.
And you must always remember that the truths you see are incomplete.'” -
Thirteenth Child, Patricia Wrede
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"My lady," he said, "I am a hero. It is a trade, no more, like weaving or brewing, and like them it has its own tricks and knacks and small arts. There are ways of perceiving witches, and knowing of poison streams; there are certain weak spots that all dragons tend to have, and certain riddles that hooded strangers tend to set you. But the true secret in being a hero lies in knowing the order of things. The swineherd cannot already be wed to the princess when he embarks on his adventures, nor can the boy knock on the witch's door when she is already away on vacation. The wicked uncle cannot be found out and foiled before he does something wicked. Things must happen when it is time for them to happen. Quests may not simply be abandoned; prophecies may not be left to rot like unpicked fruit; unicorns may go unrescued for a very long time, but not forever. The happy ending cannot come in the middle of the story." - The Last Unicorn, Peter S. Beagle
