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> [“Even the air seems to have a smell - earthy and rich and complicated, made out of things living nd things dying and things long dead. The smell of the world where nothing stops moving, nothing stays the same.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-r-carey/even-the-air-seems-to-have-a-smell-earthy-and-rich-and-complicated/)

[M.R. Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-r-carey/)

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## More by M.R. Carey

> [“Loyalty is just the wheels on the bus ... meaning that it keeps things moving but it's neutral when it comes to the direction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-r-carey/loyalty-is-just-the-wheels-on-the-bus-meaning-that-it-keeps-things/)

[M.R. Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-r-carey/)

> [“Pretending not to see would, she believes, take her past some point of no return, past the event horizon of hypocrisy into a black…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-r-carey/pretending-not-to-see-would-she-believes-take-her-past-some-point-of/)

[M.R. Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-r-carey/)

> [“It’s a strange thing to wake up not knowing who you are.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-r-carey/it-s-a-strange-thing-to-wake-up-not-knowing-who-you-are/)

[M.R. Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-r-carey/)

> [“I love you, Miss Justineau. I’ll be a god or a Titan for you, and save you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-r-carey/i-love-you-miss-justineau-i-ll-be-a-god-or-a-titan-for-you-and-save/)

[M.R. Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-r-carey/)

> [“The universe was a badly written soap opera where every plot twist strained credibility just that little bit further.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-r-carey/the-universe-was-a-badly-written-soap-opera-where-every-plot-twist/)

[M.R. Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-r-carey/)

> [“Some things become true simply by being spoken. When she said to the little girl “I’m here for you”, the architecture of her mind,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-r-carey/some-things-become-true-simply-by-being-spoken-when-she-said-to-the/)

[M.R. Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-r-carey/)

> [“fine, dark grey strands. Like plague-flavoured candy floss, Justineau thinks.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-r-carey/fine-dark-grey-strands-like-plague-flavoured-candy-floss-justineau/)

[M.R. Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-r-carey/)

> [“This isn’t life. It’s something that’s playing out in its own self-contained subroutine.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-r-carey/this-isn-t-life-it-s-something-that-s-playing-out-in-its-own-self/)

[M.R. Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-r-carey/)

> [“you can't save people from the world. There's nowhere else to take them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-r-carey/you-can-t-save-people-from-the-world-there-s-nowhere-else-to-take-them/)

[M.R. Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-r-carey/)

> [“She's in the club. The hopelessly-outnumbered-and-surrounded-by-monsters club.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-r-carey/she-s-in-the-club-the-hopelessly-outnumbered-and-surrounded-by/)

[M.R. Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-r-carey/)

> [“She already misses Miss J, even though they’re still together. She doesn’t think she’ll ever love anyone else quite this much.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-r-carey/she-already-misses-miss-j-even-though-they-re-still-together-she/)

[M.R. Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-r-carey/)

> [“It rains on the just and the unjust. Nothing you can do but turn your collar up.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-r-carey/it-rains-on-the-just-and-the-unjust-nothing-you-can-do-but-turn-your/)

[M.R. Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-r-carey/)

> [“It’s not just Pandora who had that inescapable flaw. It seems like everyone has been built in a way that sometimes makes them do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-r-carey/it-s-not-just-pandora-who-had-that-inescapable-flaw-it-seems-like/)

[M.R. Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-r-carey/)

> [“If he says something that isn’t true, he is bringing uncertainty into the world. He is blinding the people around him to a small…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-r-carey/if-he-says-something-that-isn-t-true-he-is-bringing-uncertainty-into/)

[M.R. Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-r-carey/)

> [“Knowing the date is reassuring in some way she can’t quite figure out.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-r-carey/knowing-the-date-is-reassuring-in-some-way-she-can-t-quite-figure-out/)

[M.R. Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-r-carey/)

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