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“I could either succumb to the nightmares Ive raised or paint them.”
“Other young women were more than kind when it came to teaching him the basics of makeup artistry, but he did not like the idea of foundation, knowing enough alchemy to realize it had historically b...”
“Like measuring light as a particle or wave makes it what the observer expects, so too does assuming things about reality make it so. I fear the conclusion people gear up for is the wholesale demise...”
“The boys he met at Annandale only understood one kind of woman. They needed to be coddled and cooed over as their own mothers had done their whole lives.”
“Instead of the birds of the sky and beast of the field, the gods were more than men because Man needed them to be, for what could the world be if Man were the best of all creatures?”
“The Word no longer belonged to Man because they believed it did not. Man saw the gods alone as Creators and forgot that there had ever been any other way.”
“Angels are just beyond us. Theyre creatures that biology doesnt apply to. They dont love humanity at all. They just love God.”
“Though Queen Victoria in England had suggested that makeup was impolite, even vanity, Gideon saw it as yet another weapon. It was not so different from magic.”
“[H]e had heard of, but given little credence to, magic. There was always someone talking of folk remedies and charms, but it seemed to him the inclination of fools misunderstanding chance.”
“Men could be utter pussycats when they had even a touch of the sniffles.”
“She felt that truthful and honest were two very different concepts. She could truthfully say that she hadnt eaten Roselyns Chinese leftovers, but that wasnt honest because it omitted that Eliot did...”
“My life of sin among people Im sure he thinks are deviants is happier and more honest that his oppressive, sexist cesspool.”
“A college provides a means of accrediting and laundering ones existence, so that what was may be forgotten under the weight of something far more mundane.”
“Love and poor parenting are acceptable topics for any formal meal I make.”
“She sat in the silence that resulted in the absence of her words, feeling unburdened but not absolved.”
“No divinity worth His salt could be contained in a book.”
“Think about the whole Biblical story of Mary. She wakes up and sees something with a lion, eagle, and human face that wants to inseminate her with the Holy Seed. Shes practically a saint just for n...”
“The art of chess is in knowing which is the most valuable piece in play, then having the courage to sacrifice it for the win.”
“Like chocolate, she craved sleep and it made her life brighter, but she could do without.”
“Do you know the amount of evil done by well-meaning humans? Oodles. Do you know the amount done by ill-meaning devils? Infinitesimal.”
