Gretchen

“So everything lets us down, including curiosity and honesty and what we love best. Yes, said the voice, but cheer up, it's fun in the end.”
― Roberto Bolaño, 2666

“I think that storytelling and creation are very close to what the center of what magic is about. I think not just for me, but for most of the cultures that have had a concept of magic, then the manipulation of language, and words, and thus of stories and fictions, has been very close to the center of it all.”
― Alan Moore

“There couldn't be a society of people who didn't dream. They'd be dead in two weeks.”
― William S. Burroughs

“Goodness without wisdom always accomplishes evil.”
― Robert Heinlein