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“Writing is like sausage making in my view; you'll all be happier in the end if you just eat the final product without knowing what's gone into it.”
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“Miracles do not happen:"—'t is plain sense, If you italicize the present tense; But in those days, as rare old Chaucer tells, All Britain was fulfilled of miracles. So, as I said, the great doors opened wide. In rushed a blast of winter from outside, And with it, galloping on the empty air, A great green giant on a great green mare”
― King Arthur Collection
― King Arthur Collection
“Like water around rocks, people streamed around them as though this sort of interaction, noisy and involving foreigners, was nothing unusual.”
― Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For
― Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For
“In all my travels, I've never seen a country's population more determined to forgive, and to build and succeed than in Rwanda.”
― The Bishop of Rwanda: Finding Forgiveness Amidst a Pile of Bones
― The Bishop of Rwanda: Finding Forgiveness Amidst a Pile of Bones
“There are some authors who contend that meanings and values are "nothing but defense mechanisms, reaction formations and sublimations." But as for myself, I would not be willing to live merely for the sake of my "defense mechanisms," nor would I be ready to die merely for the sake of my "reaction formations.”
― Man's Search for Meaning
― Man's Search for Meaning
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