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“But it wasn’t just the prospect of returning that drew him. It was not the memory of floating spires and air heavy with music. It was the prospect of stopping. Of truly belonging somewhere again. It was the idea of slowing his steps and turning his eyes to a place that saw him, that recognised him, that claimed him. It was that concept, the cessation of motion, that drove his words.”
― A.J. Hackwith, The Archive of the Forgotten

“That's what I sell them. Closure. Like on television. They want to know that it's all going to work out in the end, and they're happy to pay for it.”
― Jim Butcher, Grave Peril

“Their thoughts did head in the same direction often enough, but there were times when Etta remained as mysterious as the stars in the sky.”
― Alexandra Bracken, Passenger

“I do not pity you. But I do know what it feels like. To be wanted only for what you are.”
― Samantha Shannon, The Bone Season