Ben Livingstone

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Ben Livingstone

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Ben Livingstone (formerly Roan Clay) lives in Western Canada and has been an avid writer for many years. His interests in storytelling, languages, music, tea, riding and gemology have all influenced his writing, as well as his experience with jewelry, precious stones and the book trade.

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Ben Livingstone Being able to live any life one wants, while never leaving home.
Ben Livingstone I write something else.
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“To seek after peace is to be ever ware of any who would threaten it.”
Roan Clay, Concerning a Man

“The fool will teach ere he has learned, and his very servants scorn him.”
Roan Clay, Concerning a Man

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“We had a kettle; we let it leak:
Our not repairing made it worse.
We haven't had any tea for a week...
The bottom is out of the Universe.”
Rudyard Kipling, The Collected Poems of Rudyard Kipling

“Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.”
Bill Watterson, The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book

“To seek after peace is to be ever ware of any who would threaten it.”
Roan Clay, Concerning a Man

“The fool will teach ere he has learned, and his very servants scorn him.”
Roan Clay, Concerning a Man

“Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer.”
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

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