No god, goddess, or spirit would ever inhabit or employ a chicken.
You should have woken me. I would have taken a shift at the tiller.We actually considered it when you started to snore.I don’t snore!I beg to differ, Hadrian chided while chewing.She looked around the...
The thing about the old is that we never change so much as the young. We slip in degrees, adding rings like trees--a new wrinkle here, a shade less color there, but the young transform like caterpilla...
And if you can't trust an ancient talking tree, what was the point of having one?
Oh, it can’t be as bad as all that. Come on, can’t I interest you in some soup? I make a pretty mean vegetable barley, if I do say so myself.You know I love your food. It’s just that my stomach is in...
Well, I did see The Crown Conspiracy while in Colnora. I found the sets pathetic and the orchestration horrible, but the story was good.
Mystics were about as common as two-headed unicorns. The few who existed lived apart from the world of men, remaining untainted by influence and corruption. Having a wolf as her best friend demonstrat...
When faced with certain death, running is sensible, but I think a man can make an unhealthy habit of it. Running can take on an importance of its own and become an excuse to avoid living a normal life...
If you can’t trust an ancient talking tree, what was the point of having one?
The day had warmed, but the rain continued, which Gwen saw as a benefit. Just like with Ethan, the downpour would keep people indoors. Until she was able to get the place sealed up, she felt they were...
You really catch a pig in the dark?
My name isn’t Shirley.
It was like waiting for the sunrise and a chicken to hatch— if the sun marked the end of the world and the chicken was an all-devouring demon. —THE BOOK OF BRIN
First and foremost, the chicken was flooded with bad omens in the same overwhelming manner that Suri had seen just before coming to Persephone. Little had changed on that score. Looking deeper, search...
What length will a mother go to on behalf of her child? How long is time? What is the depth of love? —
This isn’t the future I’d expected. Even a glowing wasteland or Mad Max desolation would have been better. No God. No family. No country or patriotism. Just a bunch of Ken dolls without Barbies. The g...
Pain, fear, drudgery, boredom, lots of boredom—these are the things that build character. And you need to experience loss and remorse because falling down gives you the opportunity to rise once more....
You realize the moment you dropped that book, we stopped being partners, Royce said. Oh yeah-you’re right. Huh. I should have left you for dead after all. What’s the real reason? Just before we starte...
The greatest minds and the most advanced engineering went into its creation. They carved the prison out of solid rock from the face of the mountains just north of the lake. They sealed it not only wit...
The one you posed to the Crescent Forest. Brin sat up straighter, closed her eyes, and recited, Four brothers visit this wood. The first is greeted with great joy; the second is beloved; the third alw...
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