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"As the storyteller, I need you on my side. And we know that a story is only as good as its beginning." — Sep 14, 2025 09:48PM
"As the storyteller, I need you on my side. And we know that a story is only as good as its beginning." — Sep 14, 2025 09:48PM
“A childhood without books – that would be no childhood. That would be like being shut out from the enchanted place where you can go and find the rarest kind of joy.”
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“Human beings are works in progress that mistakenly think they're finished.”
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“To exist is simply to he there; those who exist let themselves be encountered, but you can never deduce anything from them.”
― Nausea
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“Darkness thickened and collapsed about him. Some of it never lifted again.”
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“Ending a novel is almost like putting a child to sleep—it can't be done abruptly.”
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Elizabeth Taylor - Just one to begin with . . .
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Jola’s 2025 Year in Books
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