Robin
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“Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a fascination, an absurdity, a fate. It is not a hobby. Those who do it must do it. Those who do not do it, think of it as a cousin of stamp collecting, a sister of the trophy cabinet, bastard of a sound bank account and a weak mind.”
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“A good [short story] would take me out of myself and then stuff me back in, outsized, now, and uneasy with the fit.”
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“Hugh and I have been together for so long that in order to arouse extraordinary passion, we need to engage in physical combat. Once, he hit me on the back of the head with a broken wineglass, and I fell to the floor pretending to be unconscious. That was romantic, or would have been had he rushed to my side rather than stepping over my body to fetch the dustpan.”
― Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
― Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
“And now," cried Max, "let the wild rumpus start!”
― Where the Wild Things Are
― Where the Wild Things Are
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