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There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.
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“A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity. It dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.
-The Last Seance (from The Hound of Death and Other Stories, also Double Sin and Other Stories)”
― The Hound of Death and Other Stories
-The Last Seance (from The Hound of Death and Other Stories, also Double Sin and Other Stories)”
― The Hound of Death and Other Stories
“No writing is wasted. Did you know that sourdough from San Francisco is leavened partly by a bacteria called lactobacillus sanfrancisensis? It is native to the soil there, and does not do well elsewhere. But any kitchen can become an ecosystem. If you bake a lot, your kitchen will become a happy home to wild yeasts, and all your bread will taste better. Even a failed loaf is not wasted. Likewise, cheese makers wash the dairy floor with whey. Tomato gardeners compost with rotten tomatoes. No writing is wasted: the words you can't put in your book can wash the floor, live in the soil, lurk around in the air. They will make the next words better.”
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“I cannot mourn for what I have not known.”
― I Who Have Never Known Men
― I Who Have Never Known Men
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