Tonight, she went into the woods, and I fear she shall live in the woods of my soul for the rest of my days.
Libba BrayAdina gave a little shriek. "That fish just swam past my leg! Creepy! Where did it go?" "To your right! Two o'clock! Get it!" "You are officially the most bloodthirsty vegetarian ever.
Libba BrayThere is no greater power on this earth than story.โ Will paced the length of the room. โPeople think boundaries and borders build nations. Nonsenseโwords do. Beliefs, declarations, constitutionsโwords. Stories. Myths. Lies. Promises. History.โ Will grabbed the sheaf of newspaper clippings he kept in a stack on his desk. โThis, and theseโโhe gestured to the libraryโs teeming shelvesโโtheyโre a testament to the countryโs rich supernatural history.
Libba BrayAs one, they leap, laughing, and that is where we leave them - mouths open, arms spread wide, fingers splayed to take in the whole world, bodies flying high in defiance of gravity, as if they will never fall.
Libba BrayAs a kid, I imagined lots of different scenarios for my life. I would be an astronaut. Maybe a cartoonist. A famous explorer or rock star. Never once did I see myself standing under the window of a house belonging to some druggie named Carbine, waiting for his yard gnome to steal his stash so I could get a cab back to a cheap motel where my friend, a neurotic, death-obsessed dwarf, was waiting for me so we could get on the road to an undefined place and a mysterious Dr. X, who would cure me of mad cow disease and stop a band of dark energy from destroying the universe.
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