“The first of a thousand lies. Truth flowed to Micah Quill, was sucked in and disappeared, and emerged again looking ever so much like it used to, but changed subtly, at the edges, where none would notice, so that simple truth became a complicated fabric indeed, one that could wrap you up so tightly and close you off from the air until you suffocated in it.” FirstsUsedLyingSimpleAirChangedTruth IsThousandEdgesComplicatedFabricWrapsSimple TruthsLies TruthQuillsMicah Book:Heartfire: The Tales of Alvin Maker Source: Heartfire: The Tales of Alvin Maker
“Life is so complicated a game that the devices of skill are liable to be defeated at every turn by air-blown chances, incalculable as the descent of thistle-down.” LifeLife IsTurnsGamesChanceAirSkillsComplicatedDevicesDefeatedLiableDescentThistles Book:Wise, Witty, and Tender Sayings in Prose and Verse: Selected from the Works of George Eliot Source: Wise, Witty, and Tender Sayings in Prose and Verse: Selected from the Works of George Eliot