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“The gods are not kind to us, any more than children are kind to their toys. We are here to amuse the gods, and at times it amuses them to be unkind.”
― War of the Wolf
― War of the Wolf
“People laugh at me because I use big words. But if you have big ideas, you have to use big words to express them, haven't you?”
― Anne of Green Gables
― Anne of Green Gables
“She is a woman, and what women want, they get, and if the world and all it holds must be broken in the getting, then so be it.”
― Excalibur: A Novel of Arthur
― Excalibur: A Novel of Arthur
“Nothing is ever really lost to us as long as we remember it.”
― The Story Girl
― The Story Girl
“I am simply a 'book drunkard.' Books have the same irresistible temptation for me that liquor has for its devotee. I cannot withstand them.”
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