John Griogair BellDec 31
“Well. This is a surprise,” she said. “So I’m alive? I think I’ll go buy a bright red dress.” She strode out of the shop. https://library.hrmtc.com/2025/12/31/well-this-is-a-surprise-she-said-so-im-alive-i-think-ill-go-buy-a-bright-red-dress-she-strode-out-of-the-shop/ #actionAdventure #alive #AveryFischerUdagawa #BoardinghousesFiction #BoardinghousesJuvenileFiction #book #brightRed #ChildrenS #dress #FairyTalesFolklore #fantasy #FantasyMagic #FantasyFiction #friendship #GeographicalMythsFiction #GeographicalMythsJuvenileFiction #goBuy #HotelsAndMotelsFiction #HotelsAndMotelsJuvenileFiction #ImaginaryPlacesFiction #ImaginaryPlacesJuvenileFiction #JapanFiction #JapanJuvenileFiction #kids #legend #LieuxImaginairesRomansNouvellesEtcPourLaJeunesse #MagicFiction #MagicJuvenileFiction #MiddleGradeFictionJapan #MihoSatake #PensionsDeFamilleRomansNouvellesEtcPourLaJeunesse #quote #SachikoKashiwaba #shop #SocialThemes #strodeOut #surprise #think #VillagesFiction #VillagesJuvenileFiction #VillagesRomansNouvellesEtcPourLaJeunesse
John Griogair BellDec 2

“It was easy to feel insignificant, here in this grand room built by a long-lost civilization, with a mysterious and deadly adversary commanding em to vanish, but Horace had not chosen this adventure to abandon it. E may not be skilled, but e was stubborn and dedicated, and not so easy to get rid of.”

https://library.hrmtc.com/2025/12/02/it-was-easy-to-feel-insignificant-here-in-this-grand-room-built-by-a-long-lost-civilization-with-a-mysterious-and-deadly-adversary-commanding-em-to-vanish-but-horace-had-not-chosen-this-adventure/

#abandon #actionAdventureFantasy #actionAndAdventureFiction #adventure #adversary #amitieRomansNouvellesEtc #appartenancePsychologieSocialeRomansNouvellesEtc #apprenticesFiction #aromantic #aromanticPeopleFiction #asexual #asexualFiction #asexualiteOrientationSexuelleRomansNouvellesEtc #asexualitySexualOrientationFiction #belongingSocialPsychologyFiction #book #builtBy #butHorace #civilization #claudieArseneault #commanding #cozy #deadly #dedicated #easy #elfesRomansNouvellesEtc #elvesFiction #fantasy #fantasyFiction #feel #friendshipFiction #genderNonconformingPeopleFiction #getRidOf #grandRoom #imaginaryPlacesFiction #insignificant #lgbtqFantasy #lgbtqFantasyFiction #lgbtqFiction #lieuxImaginairesRomansNouvellesEtc #literaryFictionLgbtq #longLost #magicFiction #mayNotBe #mysterious #nonBinary #notChosen #notSoEasy #novels #queerFiction #questsExpeditionsFiction #queCc82teRomansNouvellesEtc #quote #romans #shortReads #skilled #stubborn #theChroniclesOfNerezia #transgender #vanish

John Griogair BellMay 7, 2024

“What was and what may be lie, like children whose faces we cannot see, in the arms of silence. All we ever have is here, now.”

https://library.hrmtc.com/2024/05/07/what-was-and-what-may-be-lie-like-children-whose-faces-we-cannot-see-in-the-arms-of-silence-all-we-ever-have-is-here-now/

"What was and what may be lie, like children whose faces we cannot see, in the arms of silence. All we ever have is here, now." - The Hermetic Library Blog

What was and what may be lie, like children whose faces we cannot see, in the arms of silence. All we ever have is here, now. Ursula K Le Guin, Always Coming Home: A Novel [Amazon, Bookshop, Bandcamp, Libro.fm, Publisher, Local Library] Consider also: “Now you’re freaking me out,” Gary said. “I’m freaking myself out,” […]

The Hermetic Library Blog