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“A mortal had woven it, a man who, having caught sight of the Seelie queen, had spent the remainder of his short life weaving depictions of her. He had died of starvation, raw, red fingers staining the final tapestry.” (Tithe Quotes)
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“And now she was sixteen and felt like she had no imagination left.”
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“Crippled things are always more beautiful. It’s the flaw that brings out beauty.”
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“Everything smelled wet and feral like it did before a thunderstorm, and she wanted to run, swift and eager, beyond the edge of what she could see.”
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“Her mother bent close, the smell of whiskey and beer and sweat as familiar as any perfume to Kaye.”
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“I thought weirdness was a good thing. I don’t mean that defensively, either. I thought it was something to be cultivated.”
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“I wonder about death, I who may never know it. It looks much like ecstacy, the way they open their mouths as they drown, the way their fingers dig into your skin. Their eyes are wide and startled and they trash in your hands as though with an excess of passion.”
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“If curiosity killed the cat, it was satisfaction that brought it back.”
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“It’s starting to sink in,” Corny said. “I can almost look at you without wanting to bang my head against the wall.” (Tithe Quotes)
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“She loves the serene brutality of the ocean, loves the electric power she felt with each breath of wet, briny air.”
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“She sat in the dew-damp grass and ripped up clumps of it, tossing them in the air and feeling vaguely guilty about it. Some gnome ought to pop out of the tree and scold her for torturing the lawn.”
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“The row of dolls watched her impassively from the bookshelf, their tea party propriety almost certainly offended.”
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“Waves tossed themselves against the shore, dragging grit and sand between their nails as they were slowly pulled back out to sea.”
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“You can break a thing, but you cannot always guide it afterward into the shape you want.”
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