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“Men are more interesting in books than they are in real life.”
― The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
― The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
“Writing fiction is the act of weaving a series of lies to arrive at a greater truth.”
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“Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.”
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“... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
― A Game of Thrones
― A Game of Thrones
“Fiction is one of the few experiences where loneliness can be both confronted and relieved. Drugs, movies where stuff blows up, loud parties -- all these chase away loneliness by making me forget my name's Dave and I live in a one-by-one box of bone no other party can penetrate or know. Fiction, poetry, music, really deep serious sex, and, in various ways, religion -- these are the places (for me) where loneliness is countenanced, stared down, transfigured, treated.”
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Catching up on Classics (and lots more!)
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