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Collen’s Quotes

“He desperately tried to think of a story to explain his involvement in her sudden appearance, without mentioning the book of magic in his possession.
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― Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and the Master

tags: drama, fantasy, fast-paced, fiction, fictional, magical, realistic, suspense, thriller

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“By telling stories I...wanted to show...that that which is lost does not have to disappear without a trace. (Nobel Lecture 1999)”
― Gunter Grass

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“Staring at the wraith’s left hand, Zam saw a stump where its index finger should have been and knew then that the severed finger moving around in his pocket belonged to the wraith.”
― Frank Lambert, Xyz

tags: disabled-hero, ghosts, horror, ya

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“Buying loyalty can be as effective as fear when one’s rival is poorer than oneself.”
― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

tags: adventure, drama, fantasy, fiction, humour, intrigue, literature, magic, mystery, sorcery

850 likes

“In a free country it is the duty of writers to pay no attention to duty. Only under a dictatorship is literature expected to exhibit an harmonious design or an inspirational tone.”
― E. B. White

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