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I know it's not a long thing but there were some really touching lines in it so I think it deserves a quote thread.
She raised her hand to poke it back in, but Roland took her fingers before she could. 'It's beautiful,' he said. 'Black as night and as beautiful as forever.'
"She's part of their medicine now"
I wish I could understand this sentence more. I like it, too.Quote:
Originally Posted by The King of Kings
I read it just yesterday and powered through it pretty quickly but that line sort of stuck out to me. I assume they ate her.
Yeah, they did but how could she become part of their medicine? It's not too clear to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by The King of Kings
Ate? The older sister Jenna turned them against? I assumed she set the bugs on her and they caused her to break down into her component parts (i.e. other bugs.) but I could have read that wrong.
That's possible as well and I even thought about it, but I figured it is a King story so I just went with the more gruesome of the two possibilities.
"Time spent with cats is never wasted." -- Colette
"There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cat." -- Albert Schweitzer
"A cat is a puzzle for which there is no solution." --Hazel Nicholson
"Cats always know whether people like or dislike them. They do not always care enoughto do anything about it." -- Winifred Carriere
"I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of a cat is infinitely superior." -- Hippolyte Taine
"A dog ponders his relationship with man: "He feeds me, he grooms me, he takes care of all my needs... He must be God". A cat thinks: "He feeds me, grooms me, takes care of me. I must be God". "
dedicated to Liz
:wub: Oh Jean, isn't that just right?
I love that they deem me worthy of their love, though... for those cats can be vengeful "Gods" when they wish to.
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Originally Posted by Jean