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"Up to "Pittsburgh Backyard and Garden", but a bunch of more urgent books have shown up, so I'll pop this back in the library and circle back when things have calmed down." — May 31, 2026 11:20PM
"Up to "Pittsburgh Backyard and Garden", but a bunch of more urgent books have shown up, so I'll pop this back in the library and circle back when things have calmed down." — May 31, 2026 11:20PM
“I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer”
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“Actually, writers have no business writing about their own works. They either wax conceited, saying things like: 'My brilliance is possibly most apparent in my dazzling short story, "The Cookiepants Hypotenuse."' Or else they get unbearably cutesy: 'My cat Ootsywootums has given me all my best ideas, hasn't oo, squeezums?”
― The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories
― The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories
“One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.”
― The Story of My Life
― The Story of My Life
“Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.”
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“Goodbye," said the fox. "And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
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