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01Undated

It was better not to care but sometimes, people got in. Like a knife against armor, they found the cracks, slid past the guard, and you didn’t know how deep they were buried until they were gone and you were bleeding on the floor.

V.E. Schwab / quote

02Undated

Victor was the first to speak, and when he did, it was with an eloquence and composure perfectly befitting the situation

V.E. Schwab / quote

03Undated

Fencing is a game of living chess, a match where reflexes only work in combination with intent, and mind and body must work together at every moment.

V.E. Schwab / quote

04Undated

I almost always start with setting! I have to know the world before I know how to populate it. I have a tendency to play with doors - between life and death, human and monster, mundane and magic - and with 'ADSOM,' I knew I wanted to play with the physical doors between worlds.

V.E. Schwab / quote