In them, she saw the sham of her life laid out like a book, the foolish belief that she, that anyone, could escape the consequences of this world, could flee from death. That was the deceit. The true serpent in the garden.

A place to keep all your secrets

Warning: If you are insufferable, do not walk here. We shall eat you down to the marrow.

People will believe anything if it means they can go on with their lives and not have to think too hard about it.

I don't know. Sometimes, I feel nothing, and I'm so afraid. Afraid I'll stop feeling anything at all. I'll just slip away inside myself...I just need to feel something" A Great and Terrible Beauty, Page 177, by

If there was one truth Evie had learned in her short life, it was that forgiveness was easier to seek than permission. She didn’t plan to ask for either one.

You evah hear of a magic screw?' I cough back a laugh. 'No. No, sir.