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"“The July Girls,” by Alison Littlewood- another excellent one about sisters, the hauntings we leave behind, and the fae people in Cornwall. Claustrophobic enough to make Poe proud." Aug 20, 2025 08:28PM

 
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Winter was long in coming that year. Throughout October the days were bathed in sunlight and the air was clear as crystal. The town kept its cheerful summer aspect, the desert glistened with light, the sand hills every day went through ...more
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Gregory Maguire
“The body apologizes to the soul for its errors, and the soul asks forgiveness for squatting in the body without invitation.”
Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

Michael Cunningham
“One always has a better book in one's mind than one can manage to get onto paper.”
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Stephen  King
“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
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John Irving
“If you care about something you have to protect it – If you’re lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.”
John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany

Nicole Krauss
“She was gone, and all that was left was the space you'd grown around her, like a tree that grows around a fence. For a long time, it remained hollow. Years, maybe. And when at last it was filled again, you knew that the new love you felt for a woman would have been impossible without Alma. If it weren't for her, there would never have been an empty space, or the need to fill it.”
Nicole Krauss, The History of Love

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