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“As a young child I wanted to be a writer because writers were rich and famous. They lounged around Singapore and Rangoon smoking opium in a yellow pongee silk suit. They sniffed cocaine in Mayfair and they penetrated forbidden swamps with a faithful native boy and lived in the native quarter of Tangier smoking hashish and languidly caressing a pet gazelle.”
― The Adding Machine: Selected Essays
― The Adding Machine: Selected Essays
“It's been interesting, "Frostpine said casually. "I wanted Daja to get some experience of other smiths'-and other mages'- ways of doing things, if only so she can see mine is best.”
― Cold Fire
― Cold Fire
“Anything can happen. But almost always, just normal things happen and people have happy lives.”
― The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
― The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
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