“Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.”
― Frankenstein
― Frankenstein
“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
“They feel anger, outrage, impotence, despite all the explanations. They would like to do something for the child. But”
― The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
― The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
“Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.”
― The Rape of the Lock
― The Rape of the Lock
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