“My heart hitches in my breast. I can’t let this go on! I can’t let this . . . this thing destroy any more of my books right in front of me. “Write it back into the pages.” FearMagicBooksDestructionAllegory Book:Entranced Source: Entranced
“I fall. I fall and fall, air whipping my face, my shredded arms and legs. It’s almost a relief. A relief to know that everything is going to end in just another instant, when my body hits the water, when every bone breaks, and I sink beneath the waves. I’ll be dead then, and the pain flaring through my senses from all those deadly cuts will be over. The fear of the future will be over as well, and my ten years of enslavement. All will be done.” DeathTimeFearAcceptanceReliefFallingCatharsis Book:Entranced Source: Entranced
“trail my fingers along the spines of certain books, seeking comfort from them as I would from old friends.” FriendshipLonelinessBooks Book:Entranced Source: Entranced
“I’ve traveled into the human world a few times. Didn’t like it much. The air is awfully thick there, and I can almost *feel* Time crawling all over me, aging me with each passing second. Not a pleasant sensation!” TimeMagicFaeLimitationsTime DilationNon Linear Time Book:Entranced Source: Entranced