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“I think of myself as a bad writer with big ideas, but I'd rather be that than a big writer with bad ideas.”
― Elric: The Stealer of Souls
― Elric: The Stealer of Souls
“Never abandon imagination”
― Jimmy Zangwow's Out-of-This-World Moon-Pie Adventure
― Jimmy Zangwow's Out-of-This-World Moon-Pie Adventure
“HAPPINESS FOR EVERYBODY, FREE, AND NO ONE WILL GO AWAY UNSATISFIED!”
― Roadside Picnic
― Roadside Picnic
“Fairy tales do not give the child his first idea of bogey. What fairy tales give the child is his first clear idea of the possible defeat of bogey. The baby has known the dragon intimately ever since he had an imagination. What the fairy tale provides for him is a St. George to kill the dragon.”
― Tremendous Trifles
― Tremendous Trifles
“But stories are like people, Atticus. Loving them doesn’t make them perfect. You try to cherish their virtues and overlook their flaws. The flaws are still there, though. "
"But you don’t get mad. Not like Pop does."
"No, that’s true, I don’t get mad. Not at stories. They do disappoint me sometimes." He looked at the shelves. "Sometimes, they stab me in the heart.”
― Lovecraft Country
"But you don’t get mad. Not like Pop does."
"No, that’s true, I don’t get mad. Not at stories. They do disappoint me sometimes." He looked at the shelves. "Sometimes, they stab me in the heart.”
― Lovecraft Country
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mabuse’s 2025 Year in Books
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