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“She longed for cutlasses, pistols, and brandy; she had to make do with coffee, and pencils, and verbs.”

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In this imaginative tale, a princess crafted from tin embarks on a quest to reclaim her humanity and restore her kingdom. more

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Philip Pullman

Philip Pullman is a British film writer known for his adaptations of literary works. Born in October 1946, he is a prolific writer who has adapted several renowned novels into film scripts. more

“You forget what it was like. You'd swear on your life you never will, but year by year it falls away. How your temperature ran off the mercury, your heart galloped flat-out and never needed to rest, everything was pitched on the edge of shattering glass. How wanting something was like dying of thirst. How your skin was too fine to keep out any of the million things flooding by; every color boiled bright enough to scald you, any second of any day could send you soaring or rip you to bloody shreds.”

Life Years Heart Enough Fall Forget Millions Dying Color Like You Fine Needed Skins Glasses Edges Ran Flats Swear Bloody Thirst Soar Rip Temperature Mercury Flooding Shattering

Author:Tana French

“I think about Lenaya and Hugh. Will they know how much I've changed this year? Will they have changed too? I'll wait until tomorrow to find out. And then it's possible I won't find out after all. Because some changes happen deep down inside of you. And the truth is, only you know about them. Maybe that's the way it's supposed to be.”

Thinking Knows Way Life Years Happens Waiting Know How Changed Tomorrow Truth Is Supposed To Be Deep Down I've Changed

Book:Tiger Eyes

Source: Tiger Eyes

“You almost believe that you will never come to the end of a roll of tape; and when you do, there is a feeling, nearly, though very briefly, of shock and grief.”

Life Believe Ends Feelings Grief Shock Tape

Book:Mezzanine

Source: Mezzanine

“We would never call inexplicable little insights hunches, for fear of drawing the universe's attention. But they happened, and you knew you had been in the proximity of one that had come through if you saw a detective kiss his or her fingers and touch his or her chest where a pendant to Warsha, patron saint of inexplicable inspirations, would, theoretically, hang.”

Ifs Life Littles Inspiration Universe Attention Saws Happened Kissing Fingers Saint Insight Drawing Chests Detectives Inexplicable Patron Proximity Hunches Pendants

Author:China Mieville

“There is no one to tell this to and yet it seems very important to get this right. The reality and what it is like to escape it. That even now it is sometimes too beautiful to bear.”

Life Important Sometimes Reality Seems Beautiful Bears

Book:The Dog Stars

Source: The Dog Stars

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