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“From this we conclude, that, to live in harmony and peace…we must trace a line of distinction between those (assertions) that are capable of verification, and those that are not; (we must) separate by an inviolable barrier the world of fantastical beings from the world of realities.”
― Constantin François De Volney, The Ruins of Empires

“She smiled sinisterly. Light mist started to slowly swirl around us. All I could see was her, the tall rocks and the white wall. She beckoned to me. I took a step and another. I was now ankle deep into the water. The mysterious girl smiled like a predator.”
― Erica Sehyun Song, The Pax Valley

“Possibly the most debilitating deception of all is to create a god of my own making, fool myself into believing that this limp god of mine is the true God, and then construct the entirety of my life on this flamboyantly fictional character. Possibly the most devastating realization of all is when the real God shows up, and in the showing up all of this come crashing down.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“I was slightly thankful when Mom finally came out and unlocked the car. It was warm and toasty inside and it smelt like home. There was not the slightest smell of something that didn’t belong home.”
― Erica Sehyun Song, The Pax Valley

“I knew that it was impossible for us to be kept apart for too long.”
― Erica Sehyun Song, The Pax Valley

“He sent it flying at full speed. It jumped six times as well, sending ripples across the sea. The small splashes of foam turned into miniature rainbows as they caught the light of the evening sun setting behind the clouds.”
― Erica Sehyun Song, The Pax Valley

“The other one was filled with loud and obnoxious tourists. Always boasting on winning a sand castle competition and seeing who could get tanned first. What a whacky bunch of people.”
― Erica Sehyun Song, The Pax Valley

“Have you lost your mind? What have I told you Charlie about whales? You can’t MANHANDLE THEM!”
― Erica Sehyun Song, The Pax Valley

“I could have drowned today. If they hadn’t been screaming my name so loudly and if I hadn’t woken up, I would have drowned.”
― Erica Sehyun Song, The Pax Valley

“Although nobody could ever know about our friendship, that wasn’t going to stop us from being together.”
― Erica Sehyun Song, The Pax Valley

“She snorted in amusement at my remark. “When are the guards going to start to notice?â€�
Keith peered into the distance. “Starting now,”
― Erica Sehyun Song, The Pax Valley

“To give herself a measure of credible autonomy, she had decided to invent a husband. Then, in a subsequent flash of inspiration, she had just as quickly killed him off.”
― Tracy Anne Warren, The Accidental Mistress

“Everything was quiet now. It was even too freaky quiet. The house seemed big without anyone else inside. It felt lonely; like a ghost town.”
― Erica Sehyun Song, The Pax Valley

“A long time ago, there was a little girl called Mary. Now Mary, she was warned several times not to go to her neighbor’s house. Her neighbor was a grandmother. But Mary hardly listened, so she snuck off one night to spy on her. She tried the front door first, and it creaked open. Then suddenly, she heard a squeaking noise upstairs. She followed it â€� climbed up the wooden stairs where half of it was already rotten. She heard the squeaking noise again. It was coming from the library. She opened the door and hid behind a couch. She peered out, and she saw the grandmother.â€� Dave paused to drain his cup of coffee before continuing. My heart thudded so loudly, I thought that everyone could hear it. “So Mary gasped in disbelief as she heard the squeaking noise again, and the grandmother’s rocking chair was not moving at all. Then the grandmother opened her eyes and looked directly at her, holding her gaze steadily and sharply, and then suddenly, BOO!”
― Erica Sehyun Song, The Pax Valley

“I could have drowned…and my brother didn’t even care.”
― Erica Sehyun Song

“The last image I registered was Ethan and my hand â€� linked, bound and unbreakable.”
― Erica Sehyun Song

“I told you; I am Arianna, the Siren, your Guardian, and how is a Guardian supposed to do her job if she is clueless about the Guardianee?”
― Erica Sehyun Song, The Pax Valley

“I closed my eyes and dived into foreign water.”
― Erica Sehyun Song, The Pax Valley

“I distracted Herbert by pretending to trip and break a bone. Ethan darted around to the red golf cart with a cocky smile on his face. He put the key in ignition, and the vehicle roared to life. “Hey,â€� Herbert shouted, snapping his attention to Ethan.
I sprang up and ran up to Ethan. He pulled me in the cart and stomped on the gas pedal. We shot through the automatic doors with Herbert on our tail.
“Go faster!� I cheered.
My brother smacked the steering wheel. “I can’t; it’s a golf cart.”
― Erica Sehyun Song, The Pax Valley

“I watched her shadow merge with the darker colours of the deep sea.”
― Erica Sehyun Song, The Pax Valley

“Our pendants glowed in unison and I understood that they represented us â€� Siren and human intertwined for eternity.”
― Erica Sehyun Song, The Pax Valley

“Would any of you like to share your career aspirations within the class? Jim?

I dunno, to be honest, I was just hoping to be able to keep the demons away...”
― Jillian Tamaki, SuperMutant Magic Academy

“My last name is Poirot, like Agatha Christie's famous detective Hercule Poirot; no relation to the fictional character.”
― Ken Poirot

“And in everything that came afterward, I could never stop thinking that maybe she loved mysteries so much that she became one”
― John Green, Paper Towns

“There’s no consensus in the mental health community on how to maintain the sanity of a person whose whole existence is fictional.”
― Robert Kroese, The Big Sheep

“You know that when a utility company is going down the fantasy route, they are likely hiding some illegal activity that they are engaging in. Fabricating fictional stories to their government regulator is just one of the many illegal activities that they engage in.”
― Steven Magee, Curing Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity

“When you said we were clandestine I didn’t realize you meant literally underground, you could have warned me.”
― Mark A. McCormick, The Remote Viewer

“I’d follow you through the gates of hell.”
― Mark A. McCormick, The Remote Viewer

“She always sat in the back of the bus by herself. She walked the halls alone; she ate alone, and she was lonely all the time even though her school had over a thousand students. She was quiet in class, and when the teacher talked to her, she never answered and would cast her eyes downward. Most students scowled at her in passing and made her feel like she didn’t belong there...”
― Victoria Matthews, The Angry Student

“In spite of high technology, race hate and age hate are well practiced in a public school setting...”
― Victoria Matthews, Fhhs: A Science Fiction DRAM