#passage

I know who you are.” Ash’s voice shook slightly, which chilled me even more. That Ash, fearless, unshakable Ash, was afraid of this thing filled me with dread. ↗

— Julie Kagawa

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#iron-fey #meghan #meghan-and-ash #winter-s-passage #fearless

Painting is the passage from the chaos of the emotions to the order of the possible. ↗

— Balthus

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#emotions #order #painting #passage #possible

Writing a novel is one of those modern rites of passage, I think, that lead us from an innocent world of contentment, drunkenness, and good humor, to a state of chronic edginess and the perpetual scanning of bank statements. ↗

— J. G. Ballard

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#chronic #contentment #drunkenness #good #humor