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“songs, to me, were more important than just light entertainment. They were my preceptor and guide into some altered consciousness of reality. Some different republic, some liberated republic... wha...”
“The story was told, generation by generation, in song and in story, until time misted it into myth and legend. But some believed, as legends brought comfort.”
“Magic ran in the family. Even her mother's second cousin, who was adopted, did small spells on the side. She sold these from a stall in Kota Bharu. Her main wares were various types of fruit fried ...”
“To the traveller imbued with a feeling for the historical and poetical, so inseparately interwined in the annals of romantic Spain, the Alhambra is a much an object of devotion as is the Caaba to a...”
“Tell me a legend, he said out of nowhere, and he realised they were making stories of each other, or themselves.”
“Today that legend is inscribed on the stones that were used to build the walls of the school, and as the water falls out of the sky and over those stones, the words of the legend are carried down f...”
“Lust. Its not soft like the touch of a raindrop. Its not easy like floating aimlessly on the water. Its weighted, and heavy, a spark that catches on the forest of your body. A wildfire.”
“Legend remains victorious in spite of history.”
“Tell me a legend,” he said out of nowhere, and he realised they were making stories of each other, or themselves.”
“Lust. It’s not soft like the touch of a raindrop. It’s not easy like floating aimlessly on the water. It’s weighted, and heavy, a spark that catches on the forest of your body. A wildfire.”
