clockworkanguish:

BOOKS READ IN 2018: six of crows

some people see a magic trick and say, “impossible!” they clap their hands, turn over their money, and forget about it ten minutes later. other people ask how it worked. they go home, get into bed, toss and turn, wondering how it was done. it takes them a good night’s sleep to forget all about it. and then there are the ones who stay awake, running through the trick again and again, looking for that skip in perception, the crack in the illusion that will explain how their eyes got duped; they’re the kind who won’t rest until they’ve mastered that little bit of mystery for themselves.