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Seanan McGuire Quote: “I had a great deal of respect for his straightforward nature, and for his willingness to pick people up by the throat. It seemed efficient.”

401. “I had a great deal of respect for his straightforward nature, and for his willingness to pick people up by the throat. It seemed efficient.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “She was a story, not an epilogue.”

402. “She was a story, not an epilogue.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “I would greatly prefer it if you didn’t put a bullet into my brain; it would complicate my plans for life, most of which involve not being dead.”

403. “I would greatly prefer it if you didn’t put a bullet into my brain; it would complicate my plans for life, most of which involve not being dead.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “It can be easy, in the end, to forget that children are people, and that people will do what people will do, the consequences be damned.”

404. “It can be easy, in the end, to forget that children are people, and that people will do what people will do, the consequences be damned.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “Older than I look, younger than I ought to be. My skin is a riddle not to be solved, and even letting go of everything I love won’t offer me the answer. My window is closing, if that’s what you’re asking. Every day I wake up a little more linear, a little less lost, and one day I’ll be one of the women who says ‘I had the most charming dream,’ and I’ll mean it. Old enough to know what I’m losing in the process of being found.”

405. “Older than I look, younger than I ought to be. My skin is a riddle not to be solved, and even letting go of everything I love won’t offer me the answer. My window is closing, if that’s what you’re asking. Every day I wake up a little more linear, a little less lost, and one day I’ll be one of the women who says ‘I had the most charming dream,’ and I’ll mean it. Old enough to know what I’m losing in the process of being found.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “The bedroom was as opulently decorated as the front room, with a bed large enough to hold six, and a wardrobe that should by all rights have contained a doorway to Narnia, or at least the deeper lands of Faerie.”

406. “The bedroom was as opulently decorated as the front room, with a bed large enough to hold six, and a wardrobe that should by all rights have contained a doorway to Narnia, or at least the deeper lands of Faerie.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “It was like they had all learned to be a little kinder, or at least a little more careful about what they based their judgements on.”

407. “It was like they had all learned to be a little kinder, or at least a little more careful about what they based their judgements on.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “Now, if you will excuse me, a dead woman is trying to convince me to drink something that comes in layers.”

408. “Now, if you will excuse me, a dead woman is trying to convince me to drink something that comes in layers.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “Alex would make a terrible Martian,” said Sarah. “He doesn’t have a giant laser and he’s not planning an Earth-shattering kaboom.”

409. “Alex would make a terrible Martian,” said Sarah. “He doesn’t have a giant laser and he’s not planning an Earth-shattering kaboom.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “These days, everyone wants to eat, but no one wants to take the time and care needed to coax the land into giving up its glories. People don’t change. We’re always selfish, and we’re always hungry. We’ve just gotten better at looking at greed and saying ‘Oh, that’s self-interest, that’s all right.’ We’ve forgotten the way the word ‘enough’ feels on the tongue.”

410. “These days, everyone wants to eat, but no one wants to take the time and care needed to coax the land into giving up its glories. People don’t change. We’re always selfish, and we’re always hungry. We’ve just gotten better at looking at greed and saying ‘Oh, that’s self-interest, that’s all right.’ We’ve forgotten the way the word ‘enough’ feels on the tongue.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “Her mind – brilliant, traitorous, prone to devouring itself – did not stop fretting, but at least she was in control again. It was odd, to think of one’s own mind as the enemy. It wasn’t always.”

411. “Her mind – brilliant, traitorous, prone to devouring itself – did not stop fretting, but at least she was in control again. It was odd, to think of one’s own mind as the enemy. It wasn’t always.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “Not because we feel children shouldn’t be allowed to haunt – because they’re creepy as all hell, and we’d all feel better if they moved on.”

412. “Not because we feel children shouldn’t be allowed to haunt – because they’re creepy as all hell, and we’d all feel better if they moved on.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “I had to admire the Evil Dead-level dedication that went into thinking “I’ll take a chainsaw into battle against a werewolf,” even as I wanted to find out who thought it was a good idea and shake them until they realized the error of their ways. Almost.”

413. “I had to admire the Evil Dead-level dedication that went into thinking “I’ll take a chainsaw into battle against a werewolf,” even as I wanted to find out who thought it was a good idea and shake them until they realized the error of their ways. Almost.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “Her scapulae were delicate wings; her skull was a psalm to the elegant dancer waiting beneath the flesh of all who walked the earth.”

414. “Her scapulae were delicate wings; her skull was a psalm to the elegant dancer waiting beneath the flesh of all who walked the earth.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “But oh, sometimes the future is a very long way away, and sometimes the present matters more than anything that might be coming down the line.”

415. “But oh, sometimes the future is a very long way away, and sometimes the present matters more than anything that might be coming down the line.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “No matter how bad the world gets, you still have to feed the cats.”

416. “No matter how bad the world gets, you still have to feed the cats.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “Sumi was just explaining how you’re the most boring cardboard parody of a girl ever to walk this world or any other, and we should all feel sorry for you,” said one of the strangers, adjusting her glasses as she turned to look at Nancy. “That makes you sound like my kind of person. Please, sit, and relieve some of the tedium of our table.”

417. “Sumi was just explaining how you’re the most boring cardboard parody of a girl ever to walk this world or any other, and we should all feel sorry for you,” said one of the strangers, adjusting her glasses as she turned to look at Nancy. “That makes you sound like my kind of person. Please, sit, and relieve some of the tedium of our table.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “Parents don’t always like to admit that things have changed. They want the world to be exactly the way it was before their children went away on these life-changing adventures, and when the world doesn’t oblige, they try to force it into the boxes they build for us.”

418. “Parents don’t always like to admit that things have changed. They want the world to be exactly the way it was before their children went away on these life-changing adventures, and when the world doesn’t oblige, they try to force it into the boxes they build for us.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “It was like Rhys had ordered the whole thing from Castles R Us, and then never bothered to swing by the local Bed, Battlements, and Beyond for the accessories he’d need to make it believable.”

419. “It was like Rhys had ordered the whole thing from Castles R Us, and then never bothered to swing by the local Bed, Battlements, and Beyond for the accessories he’d need to make it believable.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “All’s well that ends with only minor lacerations. – Alice Healy.”

420. “All’s well that ends with only minor lacerations. – Alice Healy.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “There are a lot of issues with the three-tens,” I said. “First off, a lot of the time, the poor kids who wind up cast as ‘princes’ get thrown out of second-story windows and permanently maimed. There have been reports of Rapunzels who sunk so deep into their stories that they actually could cure blindness with their tears, but we haven’t had one of those in years, and it’s not company policy to let unmonitored memetic incursions progress to that level.”

421. “There are a lot of issues with the three-tens,” I said. “First off, a lot of the time, the poor kids who wind up cast as ‘princes’ get thrown out of second-story windows and permanently maimed. There have been reports of Rapunzels who sunk so deep into their stories that they actually could cure blindness with their tears, but we haven’t had one of those in years, and it’s not company policy to let unmonitored memetic incursions progress to that level.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “I’m not really into cremating my cookies.”

422. “I’m not really into cremating my cookies.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “I don’t like parties. Someone always tries to assassinate someone I actually like, and there are never enough of those little stuffed mushroom caps.”

423. “I don’t like parties. Someone always tries to assassinate someone I actually like, and there are never enough of those little stuffed mushroom caps.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “Hail!” chorused the mice. “Hail the High Priest of Goddammit Eat Something Already!”

424. “Hail!” chorused the mice. “Hail the High Priest of Goddammit Eat Something Already!”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “It wasn’t easy, but like I’ve always said, if you can’t lie to yourself, who can you lie to? The food.”

425. “It wasn’t easy, but like I’ve always said, if you can’t lie to yourself, who can you lie to? The food.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “The God of Scales and Silences is not sick,” said the mouse. The others joined in with nods and sounds of rodent agreement. “He is damaged, yes, and will need Tender Care and perhaps Kisses for his Boo-Boos, but he is not sick.”

426. “The God of Scales and Silences is not sick,” said the mouse. The others joined in with nods and sounds of rodent agreement. “He is damaged, yes, and will need Tender Care and perhaps Kisses for his Boo-Boos, but he is not sick.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “I could write myself out of the play, just like Ophelia before me; it could be over.”

427. “I could write myself out of the play, just like Ophelia before me; it could be over.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “Please don’t mistake villainy for evil. The two can exist side by side while remaining quite distinct.”

428. “Please don’t mistake villainy for evil. The two can exist side by side while remaining quite distinct.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “Nobody gets to tell me how my story ends but me.”

429. “Nobody gets to tell me how my story ends but me.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “Sometimes I think Faerie goes to war as much because we can’t find anyone who’d rather talk things out as for any other reason. Diplomacy is not a valued skill among the Courts. Most of our nobles would prefer to do the dance of manners and then slide a knife between someone’s ribs. It’s more fun than actually discussing trade sanctions and why it’s rude to kill your neighbors.”

430. “Sometimes I think Faerie goes to war as much because we can’t find anyone who’d rather talk things out as for any other reason. Diplomacy is not a valued skill among the Courts. Most of our nobles would prefer to do the dance of manners and then slide a knife between someone’s ribs. It’s more fun than actually discussing trade sanctions and why it’s rude to kill your neighbors.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “Toby will find a way to fix it,” said Quentin. “She always does.” “I wish I had as much faith in me as you do,” I said. “Believing in you is not your job,” said Tybalt mildly. “It’s ours.”

431. “Toby will find a way to fix it,” said Quentin. “She always does.” “I wish I had as much faith in me as you do,” I said. “Believing in you is not your job,” said Tybalt mildly. “It’s ours.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “I guess I have to change with them. That’s what humans do, after all. We change. Leave the stasis to the gods.”

432. “I guess I have to change with them. That’s what humans do, after all. We change. Leave the stasis to the gods.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “Adversity doesn’t exist to make us stronger. Adversity exists because this world is a damn hard place to live. Prove that you’re better than the things it throws at you. Live.”

433. “Adversity doesn’t exist to make us stronger. Adversity exists because this world is a damn hard place to live. Prove that you’re better than the things it throws at you. Live.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “But children, ah, children. Children follow the foxes, and open the wardrobes, and peek beneath the bridge. Children climb the walls and fall down the wells and run the razor’s edge of possibility until sometimes, just sometimes, the possible surrenders and shows them the way to go home.”

434. “But children, ah, children. Children follow the foxes, and open the wardrobes, and peek beneath the bridge. Children climb the walls and fall down the wells and run the razor’s edge of possibility until sometimes, just sometimes, the possible surrenders and shows them the way to go home.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “Whatever it was, it was the size of a cow, and looked like what you’d get if you somehow managed to cross a beaver and a crocodile, looked at the results, and decided what your new monster really needed was a bunch of extra teeth.”

435. “Whatever it was, it was the size of a cow, and looked like what you’d get if you somehow managed to cross a beaver and a crocodile, looked at the results, and decided what your new monster really needed was a bunch of extra teeth.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “I watched him walk after Mags and Quentin until he vanished into the stacks. What can I say? He was still wearing leather pants.”

436. “I watched him walk after Mags and Quentin until he vanished into the stacks. What can I say? He was still wearing leather pants.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “Dating Erin would be sort of like dating a blender. Sure, it makes great smoothies, but one day you’re going to be minding your own business and it’s going to switch on and remove your hand.”

437. “Dating Erin would be sort of like dating a blender. Sure, it makes great smoothies, but one day you’re going to be minding your own business and it’s going to switch on and remove your hand.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “Total freedom was terrifying. Boundaries made it controllable, and hence enjoyable again.”

438. “Total freedom was terrifying. Boundaries made it controllable, and hence enjoyable again.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “For us, places we went were home. We didn’t care if they were good or evil or neutral or what. We cared about the fact that for the first time, we didn’t have to pretend to be something we weren’t. We just got to be. That made all the difference in the world.”

439. “For us, places we went were home. We didn’t care if they were good or evil or neutral or what. We cared about the fact that for the first time, we didn’t have to pretend to be something we weren’t. We just got to be. That made all the difference in the world.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “Dinners are mostly dull, awful things, all meat and potatoes and things to build healthy minds and bodies. Boring. I bet your dinners with the dead people were a lot more fun.”

440. “Dinners are mostly dull, awful things, all meat and potatoes and things to build healthy minds and bodies. Boring. I bet your dinners with the dead people were a lot more fun.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “They were sleek and clean and elegant, and when their webs got messed up, they ripped them down and started over again. People could learn a lot from spiders.”

441. “They were sleek and clean and elegant, and when their webs got messed up, they ripped them down and started over again. People could learn a lot from spiders.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “Even an echo can be afraid, given the proper motivation.”

442. “Even an echo can be afraid, given the proper motivation.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “I am so tired of this gothic crap,” I muttered. “Just once, I want to meet the villain in a cheerful, brightly lit room. Possibly one with kittens.”

443. “I am so tired of this gothic crap,” I muttered. “Just once, I want to meet the villain in a cheerful, brightly lit room. Possibly one with kittens.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “Grandma Alice insists he’s alive, and my mother raised me never to contradict anyone who regularly carries grenades.”

444. “Grandma Alice insists he’s alive, and my mother raised me never to contradict anyone who regularly carries grenades.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “It was a train of thought that might have led her to some unpleasant conclusions had it been allowed to continue; this story might have ended differently. A single revelation does not change a life. It is a start.”

445. “It was a train of thought that might have led her to some unpleasant conclusions had it been allowed to continue; this story might have ended differently. A single revelation does not change a life. It is a start.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “I’m a lot of things, but rational where the people I love are concerned has never been one of them.”

446. “I’m a lot of things, but rational where the people I love are concerned has never been one of them.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “I know your son in all ways better than you do. Remember that, as you consider taking him from me.” “Oak and ash, Raj, don’t talk to my parents like that! Actually, don’t talk to anyone like that. You know modern grammar. Use it.” I didn’t have another roll, so I couldn’t throw it at him. I settled for wadding up my napkin and bouncing it off his head. He frowned at me, clearly unrepentant. “They’re purebloods. They don’t listen to modern grammar.”

447. “I know your son in all ways better than you do. Remember that, as you consider taking him from me.” “Oak and ash, Raj, don’t talk to my parents like that! Actually, don’t talk to anyone like that. You know modern grammar. Use it.” I didn’t have another roll, so I couldn’t throw it at him. I settled for wadding up my napkin and bouncing it off his head. He frowned at me, clearly unrepentant. “They’re purebloods. They don’t listen to modern grammar.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “The part of me that actually cares about being a decent person promptly punched my inner researcher in the jaw and stuffed her in a closet at the back of my head, to be retrieved later.”

448. “The part of me that actually cares about being a decent person promptly punched my inner researcher in the jaw and stuffed her in a closet at the back of my head, to be retrieved later.”

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Seanan McGuire Quote: “It didn’t take long to write up our reports, since they mostly consisted of variations on “Rapunzel confirmed downtown, field team dispatched to resolve the incursion; incursion resolved when Agent Winters shouted at it until it agreed to go away. Resolution mechanism not recommended for future incursions.” Demi’s was even shorter: “Barely made it out of the car.”

449. “It didn’t take long to write up our reports, since they mostly consisted of variations on “Rapunzel confirmed downtown, field team dispatched to resolve the incursion; incursion resolved when Agent Winters shouted at it until it agreed to go away. Resolution mechanism not recommended for future incursions.” Demi’s was even shorter: “Barely made it out of the car.”

— Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire Quote: “Sometimes heroism is pressing on when the ending is already preordained.”

450. “Sometimes heroism is pressing on when the ending is already preordained.”

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