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The little creature grinned. She was positively fearless, unlike those honking lace-panties in the back.
“So, in the end, we were hypocrites for kindness. Both of us. Standing with my bouquet of orange blossoms, I thought: I'm happy but I'm in disguise. But probably many people feel that at their weddings.”
― Fools: Stories
― Fools: Stories
“It's true that necessity is the mother of invention. But for those of us without fathers, there is a deeper truth - necessity is the mother of self-invention.”
― After Visiting Friends: A Son's Story
― After Visiting Friends: A Son's Story
“You don't know what you're going to be faithful to in this world, do you? It was true I didn't have what other people had, I knew that, and yet I couldn't think of a single other life I envied - no, I couldn't - though I knew better than to try to get anyone to believe it.”
― Fools: Stories
― Fools: Stories
“Each of us has a creation tale - how we came into this world. And I'll add this: each of us has an uncreation tale - how our lives came apart. That which undoes us. Sooner or later, it will claim you. Mark you. More than your creation.”
― After Visiting Friends: A Son's Story
― After Visiting Friends: A Son's Story
“We all say we want The Truth, but we all want our secrets kept.”
― Little Wolves
― Little Wolves
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