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America did not make a deep impression on Håkan. Having heard so many of Linus’s tales, he had come to expect a dreamlike, outlandish world. Even if he was unable to name the trees, did not recognize the songs of the birds, and found the
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“It is romantic to be cursed, to feel like the world has it out for you. That there is a deity bored enough to disrupt your ecstasy.”
― There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
― There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
“Roz, I need you to do this,’ I said, although I didn’t, in actual fact – that’s just a lazy phrase which helps steer a lost narrative back on course when readers are giving up in droves, and is, ironically, a major sign of bad writing. But I knew Roz would have encountered that a lot in her career as editor of books by authors other than me, and would no doubt have employed it herself to fix failing narratives in desperate situations, and thus I used it here to snap her attention back from her own internal abyss.”
― Garth Marenghi's TerrorTome
― Garth Marenghi's TerrorTome
“[T]here must be some things for which God cannot be accused by man and held responsible.”
― Light in August
― Light in August
“I’m a fugitive from the ways of this world. I’d be a fugitive from my mind if I had me some snow.”
― Child of God
― Child of God
“There’s a lot of wreckage out there. Lot of sparclingers. But they cant cling forever. You got people who think it would be a good idea to discover the true nature of darkness. The hive of darkness and the lair thereof. You can see them out there with their lanterns. What is wrong with this picture?”
― The Passenger
― The Passenger
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