There are only bits and pieces of magic in this book—a talking fish, a witch who carries a cat’s bone—but somehow the entire book is magical, a tale of a Tale, which doesn’t exactly end or ever begin, but seems to carry you on, nonetheless. Every sentence is so perfect it’s like a handblown glass you’re afraid to handle. Indescribably delightful.
It is right that the murder of many people be mourned and lamented.
Even the best weapon is an unhappy tool.
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