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Such is the quandary when it comes to magic, that it is not an issue of strength but of balance. For too little power, and we become weak. Too much, and we become something else entirely.
“The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock—shock is a worn-out word—but astonish.”
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“I’ll love you, dear, I’ll love you
Till China and Africa meet,
And the river jumps over the mountain
And the salmon sing in the street”
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Till China and Africa meet,
And the river jumps over the mountain
And the salmon sing in the street”
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“You weren't using the moon for anything. Only some long-term robot storage.”
― Constellation Games
― Constellation Games
“Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape; it's a way to make contact with reality after a day of making things up, and it's a way of making contact with someone else's imagination after a day that's all too real.”
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“Even before you touched me, I belonged to you; all you had to do was look at me.”
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