“In the moment when he died at my hand he had his own heart's desire—not the actual future, but a hope for the best possible future, one that he could not himself imagine.”
Source: The Dream of Perpetual Motion
“And just as he said of me, the thing that his heart desired was not the thing that he professed to want.”
Source: The Dream of Perpetual Motion
“It is time to put down the pen; time to clear the throat. Speaking is a different thing altogether from writing. The spoken word has different properties, and different powers. If I have learned anything from writing down my own tale, it is this.”
Source: The Dream of Perpetual Motion
“I've had enough of stories and lies; enough of silent scribbling. Enough of gears and engines. Enough of daydreams and false futures. Enough of virgins and dynamos.
One word from you is all I want, she said. Just speak one word, and we'll begin.
Enough of wasting time.”
Source: The Dream of Perpetual Motion
“I still have enough faith in language to believe that if I place enough words next to each other on the page, they will start to speak with sounds of their own.”
Source: The Dream of Perpetual Motion
“Your neurodivergent brain isn't something to overcome. It's something to understand, appreciate, and work with. Let's figure out how to do that, together. You Already Have Everything You Need.”
Source: The Therapist's Handbook for Neurodivergent People: A NeuroFlex ACT Guide for Living Fully with ADHD, Autism, OCD, and a Neurodivergent Life
“Nothing is as it should be; everything is upside down. That is what Rebecca Wright thought.”
Source: Version Control
“And so Rebecca consigned herself to, not ignorance, but a judicious incuriosity: she decided, for the time being, to live with the constant, cryptic reminders that the scope of another person's soul could never be fully surveyed.”
Source: Version Control
“She drank the glass with breakfast and poured herself another. By the time she'd gotten Sean off to school (second grade) the edges had been taken off her thoughts and the world seemed as it should be: not too real, but real enough.”
Source: Version Control
“It’s true what they say, that words are the true weapons. Those who fight with steel are limited to the strength of their arm, the reach of their blade, and the timing of their strike; but those who fight with persuasion know no limits – not time, nor status, nor chance.”
Source: Rise of the Morningstar