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“Their other books hummed like summer bees. This book throbbed like unspent thunder and when she opened the cover the handwritten words swam in front of her eyes, rearranging themselves every time a letter nearly became clear.”

Book Magic Books Ink Blood Sister Scribe Emma Törzs Rearranging Hummed Throbbed

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“... when the physical and emotional boundaries of one's life were small, when one had walked every inch of one's allotted space many times over, it was easy to forget ignorance and feel a sort of mastery, instead.”

Ignorance Boundaries Mastery Small Ink Blood Sister Scribe Emma Törzs Small Life Joanna Joanna Kalotay Emotional Boundaries

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“Joanna had always known that there was quite a lot she didn't understand about the world, about the books, about her parents and their history. But when the physical and emotional boundaries of one's life were small, when one had walked every inch of one's allotted space many times over, it was easy to forget ignorance and feel a sort of mastery, instead. This house, that path, those books, that mountain; Joanna was used to being the expert and used to the safety that came with expertise.”

Ignorance Safety Expertise Small Expert Ink Blood Sister Scribe Emma Törzs Small Life Joanna Joanna Kalotay

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“The thrum of magic filled the air; the endless sugar of a hot blue sky, the beat of a thousand gossamer wings, a wind that moved anything on earth that could be moved, which was everything.”

Magic Wings Sugar Everything Blue Sky Ink Blood Sister Scribe Emma Törzs Joanna Joanna Kalotay Gossamer Wings

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“...she loved the first snow of the season, when all the faded browns of the sleeping earth were awakened into a new kind of aliveness, everything coarse made suddenly delicate, everything solid turned lacy and insubstantial. Magic that didn't need words to enact itself year after year.”

Magic Snow Delicate Awakened Ink Blood Sister Scribe Emma Törzs Aliveness Joanna Joanna Kalotay Insubstantial

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“...listening for the bodily hum that ran like syrup through her veins whenever she was near a book... but the ink stayed black and silent.”

Magic Listening Silent Ink Syrup Ink Blood Sister Scribe Emma Törzs Joanna Joanna Kalotay Hum

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“The words themselves eluded her eyes, they swam and darted like the colours of a kaleidoscope.”

Magic Words Kaleidoscope Ink Blood Sister Scribe Emma Törzs Joanna Joanna Kalotay Darted Eluded

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“...it's the steps themselves that make a path, instead of the other way round. We are creating even as we believe we are following.”

Steps Path Creating Following Paths Ink Blood Sister Scribe Emma Törzs Maram

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“Being invisible is actually so uncomfortable, it's like bees are crawling inside my skin. I'm really over it.”

Funny Magic Invisible Uncomfortable Over It Bees Crawling Ink Blood Sister Scribe Emma Törzs

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“Killing had been added, suddenly, to the list of what she was capable of. It had gone from unthinkable to possible. Was this how people tipped over into darkness?”

Darkness Murder Killing Possible Unthinkable Esther Ink Blood Sister Scribe Emma Törzs Esther Kalotay Capable Of

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