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A red map isn't easy to follo...

A red map isn't easy to follow. Any document made of blood and bones is tricky. Wrong turns are easily made, and there are often piles of stones in the road. A person has to disregard time and sorrow and all the damage done. If you follow, if you dare, the thread always leads to whomever or whatever you've forgotten.

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Any weapon touched by a woman...

Any weapon touched by a woman, even by accident, must be cleansed with both water and prayer so that her essence would not linger, diverting the warrior who might use it next, for even the faintest touch could bring lust to that man's heart. Perhaps that meant a woman who was well trained in arms would be the superior warrior, her attention never wavering from her task.

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My darling girl, when are you...

My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage." - Aunt Frances

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Some people say, 'Save yourse...

Some people say, 'Save yourself and you save your ways.' I say, 'Be yourself and you save your soul.

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Still anyone who trusts a ser...

Still anyone who trusts a serpent deserves its bite. The wise see a creature for what it is, not what it says it may be.

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Another world must surely exi...

Another world must surely exist somewhere one where she would be known in some deep way that was far beyond words.

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Do people choose the art that...

Do people choose the art that inspires them — do they think it over, decide they might prefer the fabulous to the real? For me, it was those early readings of fairy tales that made me who I was as a reader and, later on, as a storyteller.

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Sometimes the right thing fee...

Sometimes the right thing feels all wrong until it is over and done with.

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Some things, when they change...

Some things, when they change, never do return to the way they once were. Butterflies for instance, and women who've been in love with the wrong man too often.

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Some things, however, are tru...

Some things, however, are true no matter how hard you might try to block them out, and a lie is always a lie, no matter how prettily told. Some doors, once they're opened, can never be closed again, just as some trust, once it's been lost, can never be won back.

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Once you know some things, yo...

Once you know some things, you can't unknow them. It's a burden that can never be given away.

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That's why there are ten gate...

That's why there are ten gates to pass through before you reach the garden. If life were easy there would be one gate. There would be no gates at all.

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All the characters in my book...

All the characters in my books are imagined, but all have a bit of who I am in them - much like the characters in your dreams are all formed by who you are

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My theory is that everyone at...

My theory is that everyone at one time or another has been at the fringe of society in some way: an outcast in high school, a stranger in a foreign country, the best at something, the worst at something, the one who's different. Being an outsider is the one thing we all have in common.

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The only people out at this h...

The only people out at this hour were ones who couldn't sleep,those haunted by one thing or another:love thwarted, love lost, love thrown away. They were the sort of people who didn't want to be noticed, who wanted to slip through shadows, be alone with their despair.

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No one knows you like a perso...

No one knows you like a person with whom you've shared a childhood. No one will ever understand you in quite the same way.

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I'm at the point where going ...

I'm at the point where going forward is easier than going back.

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Fairytales were maps formed o...

Fairytales were maps formed of blood and hair and bones; they were the knots of the sub-conscious unwound. Every word in every tale was real and as true as apples and stones. They all led to the story inside the story.

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There are some things, after ...

There are some things, after all, that Sally Owens knows for certain: Always throw spilled salt over your left shoulder. Keep rosemary by your garden gate. Add pepper to your mashed potatoes. Plant roses and lavender, for luck. Fall in love whenever you can.

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Feel lucky for what you have ...

Feel lucky for what you have when you have it. Isn't that the point? Happily ever after doesn't mean happy forever.

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