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101 " The seed of an urban legend find fertile soil at the corner of tragedy and imagination. "
― Thomm Quackenbush , We Shadows (Night's Dream, #1)
102 " We are given these niches, small worlds of our own populated by only a handful, where we feel understood. Our bubble worlds bump into innumerable others daily, but there is so little cause to allow their integrity to be breached. "
― Thomm Quackenbush , Find What You Love and Let It Kill You
103 " Shane never knew how to address her friends' parents. She wanted to call her Mrs. Eliot's Mom, but knew that the cutesiness would not be appreciated. “Mrs. Kaspar” sounded too like a phone solicitor, which would not do after having kissed the circumference of her son's neck. "
104 " Men could be utter pussycats when they had even a touch of the sniffles. "
― Thomm Quackenbush , Flies to Wanton Boys
105 " We paw at nostalgia even before we hit twenty, wanting a holiday that never happened, a wholesomeness that could not survive in the wild. "
― Thomm Quackenbush , A Creature Was Stirring
106 " We may deny the truth of our childhoods while we are living them, but we one day realize the truth of our parents as readily as we do that of Santa. Neither are as perfect as our memories would have them… "
107 " Maybe I have never had the Christmas I remember, since we never remember the event itself but just the last time we revisited the memory. I have woven together a few dozen scraps (the Sears catalog, my father videoing everything we did, Christmas parties and visits with Santa) and pretended they amount to one perfect, cohesive moment, but I am as guilty as baby-boomers, who dictated unconsciously that all the songs they listened to in 1963 would be the timeless Christmas standards of today. "
108 " I wanted a life of adventure. I wanted to travel. I wanted to work my way up to being Somebody. I wanted to leave a mark on the Earth and be remembered. "
― Thomm Quackenbush , Danse Macabre (Night's Dream, #2)
109 " Magic was not in glitter and sparks. Real magic didn't need to be. "
110 " Though Queen Victoria in England had suggested that makeup was impolite, even vanity, Gideon saw it as yet another weapon. It was not so different from magic. "
111 " [H]e had heard of, but given little credence to, magic. There was always someone talking of folk remedies and charms, but it seemed to him the inclination of fools misunderstanding chance. "
112 " I do not want to credit my life to spells and rituals, cushioning me from the consequences of living. "
― Thomm Quackenbush , Pagan Standard Times: Essays on the Craft
113 " I reserve magick for necessities, a bit like the good china. It has a time and a place, but eating peanut butter sandwiches off it each morning chips and devalues it. "
114 " I am not interested in wishing hard and having the Universe provide all I need without any work on my part. "
115 " Please do not say magic like you are discussing a bowel movement... Humanity expects the lights, so they are provided. "
― Thomm Quackenbush , Artificial Gods (Night's Dream, #3)
116 " Childhood is this time of magic and monsters; hoping for one and fearing the other... The worst part of being a kid is discovering which one exists... So, I chose to believe in magic. "
117 " I think it simply comes down to fantasy being the language I speak. While I cannot get into epic sword and sorcery, I see the world as having the potential to be slightly off-kilter. I have run into people who do not quite seem human – though of course they are – and have been privy to coincidences that almost make me believe in magic. Fantasy is sometimes just asking yourself, “Well, what if you are wrong? What if the world doesn’t work the way you think? What would that mean? "
― Thomm Quackenbush
118 " enough people disagree with what Jesus is to prevent Him from...from manifesting, as such. And billions don't believe He existed at all. He is a legend, a myth. A Jewish carpenter people ignore while committing acts in His name, even as they call themselves believers. "
119 " We can never know how much they deserve our sympathy, but we have to give it unreservedly as they are people innately full of the divine who instead choose to behave infernally owing to poor programming. "
120 " Frequently, people confront us who seemed to be egging the world into calling them on their miserable actions so they can have the pleasure of angry vengeance or an excuse to attract attention. Our compassion cannot be giving them what they think they want, since it is unreasonable to want to be hateful. "