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Deathly winter and bone-dry summer were parted, incongruously as always, by green, erotic spring.
Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Tomoe Gozen
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Wednesday, 30th January
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And if a curse were delivered to a foe, it would be so devoutly believed that the cursed individual might curl up and die of painful imaginings; or the cursed one’s family might make ready a grave in advance and grievously encourage the curse to work true
Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Tomoe Gozen
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Friday, 22nd February
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Life which had once been bright like steel, and fearful, was no less fearful, but had become dull and small and leaden. Death, then, had no meaning; and if war was not more cruel, it was at least less holy.
Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Tomoe Gozen
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Monday, 18th March
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That night, Tomoe stood over the silk-upholstered couch of the dark sorcerer of Ho. Since she placed him amidst the covers, he had not moved. He lay curled fetally, a child as old as time; and evil was, after all, ancient, yet never wholly matured.
Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Tomoe Gozen
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Friday, 22nd March
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