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But now there are rumours of plague and sweating sickness. It is not wise to allow crowds in the street, or pack bodies into indoor spaces.
“…just because someone is eating the ashes of your protagonist doesn't mean you stop telling the story.”
― All My Puny Sorrows
― All My Puny Sorrows
“If you don’t write the book you have to write, everything breaks.”
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“I once jokingly told someone that every book is like a relationship. They're four or five years long - that's not so bad. They're serious. They demand a lot of attention. But I remember thinking that I wanted to have one with someone who's not so crazy and peculiar and demanding.”
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“But whatever, we descendants of the Girl Line may not have wealth and proper windows in our drafty homes but at least we have rage and we will build empires with that, gentlemen.”
― All My Puny Sorrows
― All My Puny Sorrows
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