Amor Vincit Omnia

re-read Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore recently and appreciated how it took what could’ve been a standard scary fantasy power (ability to make people believe your lies) and fully ran with it

A name is not simply a set of sounds, but the identity we offer others before we even show our faces. Names carry with them our history and our origins. They help shape our place in the world. - DAUGHTERS OF OLYMPUS by Hannah M. Lynn

little astrologist out here saving humanity

"none of our stories belong to us. what is dna but lines in a narrative of our lives? what else is all our code? our literature? they exist before we do. we exist to perpetuate them. to perpetuate story. we are mere vehicles. we tell a story with our bodies, our lives, then we die. the story lives on."

a copy of a copy of a copy

If you love stories go read it! If you loved the book I'm begging on my hands and knees for you to go look up ghost quartet.

My 2023 adaptation of a scene from the fourth Earthsea book, Tehanu, now with alt text!

The Abhorsen and the King.

Gearbreaker by Zoe Hana Mikuta, p.113

"With how you came into the world and what you've seen lately you should know, the more you live, the more the sinner and the saint can't be pulled apart. All of us just getting by."

the isle in the silver sea by tasha suri

Being able to control your emotion — having the foresight to understand the consequences of your actions and choosing a less destructive path — is one of the gifts of being human.

Shawnee Pourier as Katniss Everdeen

the luminaries by susan dennard

"This story is what we recall in giving our children miraculous gifts from the saint: We shall not have to sell you. We will keep the world from you as long as we can. Soon enough, you will have to sell yourselves.”

"Don't be afraid to love someone. When you fall in love, I want you to fall in love all the way. Even if it ends in heartache, please don't live a lonely life without love. I've been so worried that because of what happened, you'll give up on falling in love. Love is wonderful. I don't want you to forget that. Those memories of people you love, they never disappear. They go on warming your heart as long as you live.”

If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and, if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the Universe would turn to a mighty stranger.