Apr 25
“Who would speak of these things when we were gone? …I began to wish that I could pour our memories into the water we carried, so that anyone drinking might see how it had been.”
— Téa Obreht, Inland
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“Who would speak of these things when we were gone? …I began to wish that I could pour our memories into the water we carried, so that anyone drinking might see how it had been.”
— Téa Obreht, Inland
“And it felt like getting away with something to lie up in the trees at night, unmarked yet close enough to hear the cameleers’ campfire snap, and discern from their muted talk a few of the old words that still tugged at my memory — fellow, father, God — all spoke in a rhythm so familiar it felt like trying to remember a dream.”
— Téa Obreht, Inland
Today's tbt quote comes from HUNTING KAT, the first in the Triton Experiment series.
Hunting Kat by Piper J Drake - On the edge of the solar system, she's just another biped. Most of the time.
“The only reason I’m playing along with this is because I can’t think of a better plan.”
“‘All poetry is a call to action.’”
— Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow
“‘I suppose it’s this that makes me somehow happy. Have we ever been so free of choices? The past is wiped out, all that matters is now. The present and the future. And the future is this field of stones, and here we are….You never really summon all of your strength until you know that there’s no way back, no way to go but onward.’”
— Kim Stanley Robinson, Red Mars
“‘Good and innocent, they not the same thing; they don’t wear the same face.’”
— Akwaeke Emezi, Pet
“‘Bear witness, then, to the beauty of each other’s lives. Bear witness and burn bright as one.’”
— Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage
Today's #tbt quote comes from WINGS ONCE CURSED AND BOUND, the first book in the Mythwoven series.
https://piperjdrake.com/books-by-piper-j-drake/wings-once-cursed-bound/
"While we’re making adjustments, I need a corgi,” Ashke announced. “If I’m to properly see to the security of this island, I need a battle steed.”