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“The odd thing about people who had many books was how they always wanted more.”
― The Bell at Sealey Head
― The Bell at Sealey Head
“Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.”
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“Sometimes I write drunk and revise sober, and sometimes I write sober and revise drunk. But you have to have both elements in creation — the Apollonian and the Dionysian, or spontaneity and restraint, emotion and discipline.”
― Reuben, Reuben
― Reuben, Reuben
“I'm sorry to burden you,' she said. She felt like a crybaby.
'What can we do with our stories,' he said, 'but tell them?”
― Four Spirits
'What can we do with our stories,' he said, 'but tell them?”
― Four Spirits
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