Night World (pt 4) by L.J. Smith

***Witchlight***

“It felt good. It always did. Painful in a nice way, like the feeling of having a tight bandage removed. A release.”

“For a moment, she didn’t feel like anything—she almost had no body. She was fluid, a being of pure energy, with no more fixed form than a candle flame. She was utterly….free.” 

“Keller couldn’t understand what was happening at first. In panic, all she could think was that she was losing herself. Losing her armor, her hardness, everything she needed to keep alive.”

“This was the problem with having walls so hard and high and unscalable, she supposed. When they came down, they crumbled completely, shattering into nothingness. She felt utterly defenseless right now.”


“People die… Beauty fades… Love changes… And you will always be alone.”

“People die…so love them every day.

Beauty fades…so look before it’s gone.

Love changes…but not the love you give.

And if you love, you’ll never be alone.”

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

“What has roots that nobody sees, is taller than trees, up up it goes, and yet never grows. –Mountain”

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“Thirty white horses on a red hill, first they clamp, then they stamp, then they stand still. –Teeth”

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“Voiceless it cries, Windless flutters, Toothless bites, Mouthless mutters. –Wind”

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“It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, cannot be heard, cannot be smelt, it lies behind stars, and under hills, and empty holes it fills, it comes first and follows after, ends life and kills laughter. –Dark”

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“This thing all things devours

Birds, beasts, trees, and flowers

Gnaws iron and bites steel, Grinds hard stones into mill,

Stays kings, ruins towns, And beats high mountains down. –Time”