

“It was a long story, and sometimes she grew quiet and cried - and during those times he leaned over to wipe away her tears.”
― Heir of Fire
― Heir of Fire

“Love is the Answer, God is the Cure!”
― Love is the Answer God is the Cure
― Love is the Answer God is the Cure

“When it occurs to a man that nature does not regard him as important,
and that she feels she would not maim the universe by disposing of him,
he at first wishes to throw bricks at the temple, and he hates deeply
the fact that there are no brick and no temples.”
― Open Boat
and that she feels she would not maim the universe by disposing of him,
he at first wishes to throw bricks at the temple, and he hates deeply
the fact that there are no brick and no temples.”
― Open Boat

“I believe that maturity is not an outgrowing, but a growing up: that an adult is not a dead child, but a child who survived. I believe that all the best faculties of a mature human being exist in the child. . . . that one of the most deeply human, and humane, of these faculties is the power of imagination.”
― The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction
― The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction

“To live every day as if it had been stolen from death, that is how I would like to live. To separate oneself from the burden, the angst, the anguish that we encounter every day. To say I am alive, I am wonderful. I am. I am.”
― The Art of Racing in the Rain
― The Art of Racing in the Rain
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