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“Nothing is ever what you want it to be. The harder you grab for it, the more deeply it cuts. And it mocks you for being foolish enough to reach for it at all. You come to fear touching anything at all, because you know that if you do, it will become terrible.”

M. K. Hobson

Source: The Hidden Goddess (2011), Chapter 19, “The Ruined Woman” (p. 310)

““What kind of idiot do you think I am?”
”I have no idea what kind of idiot you are,” Miss Jesczenka said. “That’s why I’m asking.””

M. K. Hobson

Source: The Hidden Goddess (2011), Chapter 8, “Chaos and Disorder” (p. 133)

“Credomancy may seek to exploit the human desire for a tidy narrative where an unblemished romantic hero vanquishes all obstacles, but such ideals have very little to do with reality. Reality requires pragmatism and compromise. Men fail. Women fail. There are no heroes, only human beings who somehow find the strength to behave heroically, no matter how many times they have been unable to do so in the past. If you understand that, Miss Edwards—if you truly and deeply understand that, then you will understand the most powerful thing anyone with a heart can understand.”

M. K. Hobson

“And what’s that?” Emily said softly.
“That love is not enough. But it’s a start.”
Source: The Hidden Goddess (2011), Chapter 19, “The Ruined Woman” (p. 291)

“Emily pounded on the door, assuming it would do no good, but finding the act of pounding very satisfying indeed.”

M. K. Hobson

Source: The Hidden Goddess (2011), Chapter 21, “The Dragon’s Eye” (p. 330)

“She was painfully aware that doing one’s best was never assurance that it wasn’t the wrong choice anyway.”

M. K. Hobson

Source: The Hidden Goddess (2011), Chapter 3, “Bottle of Memories” (p. 42)

““I’ll do everything I can to help, I promise.”
“You always have,” Emily murmured. Except tell me the truth about anything.”

M. K. Hobson book The Native Star

Source: The Native Star (2010), Chapter 23, “The Skycladdische and the Sangrimancer” (p. 329)

“What kind of idiot do you think I am?”

M. K. Hobson

”I have no idea what kind of idiot you are,” Miss Jesczenka said. “That’s why I’m asking.”
Source: The Hidden Goddess (2011), Chapter 8, “Chaos and Disorder” (p. 133)

“I’ll do everything I can to help, I promise.”

M. K. Hobson book The Native Star

“You always have,” Emily murmured. Except tell me the truth about anything.
Source: The Native Star (2010), Chapter 23, “The Skycladdische and the Sangrimancer” (p. 329)