

“children listen to superstitious tales, the story goes, that that spot, in the heart of the "Big Cane," is a haunted place. For more than a quarter of a century, human voices had rarely, if ever, disturbed the silence of the clearing. Rank and noxious weeds had overspread the once cultivated field—serpents sunned themselves on the doorway of the crumbling cabin. It was indeed a dreary picture”
― Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup
― Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup

“لكن أكثر ما يثير اندهاشي وتعجبي هو أن لي قلبا يستطيع أن يأخذني إلى عالمي الخاص. .”
― Hello? Is Anybody There?
― Hello? Is Anybody There?

“My death is the life of another, and I will stand again in the windswept grasses and look through the eyes of the fox and take the air with the eagle and run in the track of the deer.”
― Providence: The Story of a Fifty-Year Vision Quest
― Providence: The Story of a Fifty-Year Vision Quest

“We might even make this after all,’ he hollered, but the craft didn’t reply.”
― Inara
― Inara

“But this Scroll too has magical properties. From the moment I first saw it, the paper warmed to my touch. I know it came alive as I held it. Did you know there’s a serpent on the back? Some say it’s a dragon. It winked at me. Its lashes are gold.”
― The Alchemy Fire Murder
― The Alchemy Fire Murder
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