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A crowd of women around me doing the ocean of women’s work that never subsided and never changed and always swallowed whatever time you gave it and wanted more, another hungry body of water. I submerged into it like a ritual bath and let it close over my head gladly.

— Naomi Novik Spinning Silver (2018)

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But the world I wanted wasn't the world I lived in, and if I would do nothing until I could repair every terrible thing at once, I would do nothing forever.

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All of magic essentially involves sneaking something you want past reality while it’s distracted and looking the other way.

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But hope is good strong drink, especially when you can get someone else to buy it for you.

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A robber who steals a knife and cuts himself cannot cry out against the woman who kept it sharp.

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Thrice, mortal maiden,” in a rhyme almost like a song, “Thrice you shall turn silver to gold for me, or be changed to ice yourself.

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