“Oh yes. It's open all right, but not many people come in here to look at me now so there's no point in selling tickets. No one is interested in a man who professes to be a monster. They'll give me notice very soon. I started out being a great attraction, but people soon understood that what fascinated them about me was no more than the reflection of their own deformities. All I do is how them what is inside themselves,' He added mournfully.” PeopleMenGivingLooksReflectionUnderstoodGive MeAttractionMonstersSellingFascinatedTicketsLook At MeNo PointDeformityLook At Me Now Author:Isobelle Carmody
“The deepest wounds aren't the ones we get from other people hurting us. They are the wounds we give ourselves when we hurt other people.” PeopleLoveGivingHappinessFriendshipHurtFamilyRelationshipWounds Book:Alyzon Whitestarr Source: Alyzon Whitestarr
“Sometimes I am afraid for people like you who have to know things. Your kind will dig and hunt and worry at it until one day you will find what is hidden, waiting for you.” PeopleKnowsKindSometimesWaitingWorryLike YouOne DayHuntsWaiting For You Book:Obernewtyn: Obernewtyn Chronicles: Book One Source: Obernewtyn: Obernewtyn Chronicles: Book One
“Long fiction is wonderful and you can lose yourself in it as a reader and as a writer, but short stories don't allow the same kind of immersion. Often the best stories hold you back and make you witness them. This may be one of the reasons some people reject the form. That and the fact that they are harder work to read. A story will not let you get comfortable and settle in. It is like a stool that is so small that you must always be aware of sitting.” PeopleWritingKindMayLongReasonFactsStoriesFormLosesFictionWonderfulReaderComfortableSittingHarderWitnessSettlingRejectsShort StoryLosing YourselfStoolsImmersion Book:The Wilful Eye (Tales from the Tower Volume One) Source: The Wilful Eye (Tales from the Tower Volume One)
“My favourite mentor brother told me that there were three kinds of people: followers, leaders and scouts. Scouts are capeable of leadership, but they could not tolerate the responsibility of it. Disinclined to take orders either, they invariably flouted authority and fomented strife. This is why scouts, he said wryly, were the first to be sent into danger, It was half hoped they would be killed. 'I fear you are destined to trouble us as a scout, little sister' he said” PeopleFirstsKindLittlesSaidWould BeOrderThreeHalfResponsibilityLeaderTroubleDangerBrotherAuthorityFollowersFavouriteTolerateMentorStrifeDestinedLittle Sister Author:Isobelle Carmody
“Many truths which are not believed are called lies,' the Laughing Beast said. 'Mirrors do not themselves lie unless they have been enchanted. Ordinary mirrors merely reflect what is revealed to them. People lie and mirrors reflect people. If your mother feared mirrors in your land, she feared herself.” PeopleIfsHas BeensSaidLyingMotherFearLaughingLandOrdinaryMirrorsBeastEnchantedPeople Lie Author:Isobelle Carmody
