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“Who, if I cried out, would hear me among the angels'
hierarchies? and even if one of them
pressed me against his heart: I would be consumed
in that overwhelming existence. For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror, which we still are just able to endure, and we are so awed because it serenely disdains to annihilate us. Every angel is terrifying.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies

“no strategy ever survived contact with the enemy. Or, in the vernacular, Things Will Go Wrong. Be Prepared.”
― Genevieve Cogman, The Invisible Library

“Or possibly possessiveness was a characteristic of draconic affection. They were supposed to be hoarders, after all. Not so different from Librarians.”
― Genevieve Cogman, The Invisible Library

“And Irene hadn’t broken the letter of any ordinances â€� she hoped. She’d just jumped up and down on the spirit of them, then taken them down a dark alley and made some pointed suggestions at knife-point.”
― Genevieve Cogman, The Masked City