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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
"“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
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
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“Get busy living or get busy dying.”
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― Different Seasons
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“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.”
― A Prayer for Owen Meany
― A Prayer for Owen Meany
“The road to hell is paved with adverbs.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“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.”
― The History of Love
― The History of Love
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