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“Only in imaginary experience (in the folk tale, for example), which neutralizes the sense of social realities, does the social world take the form of a universe of possibles equally possible for any possible subject.”
― Pierre Bourdieu, The Logic of Practice

“Literature is not an instruction manual. For obvious reasons, this is rarely noted in fiction.”
― Charles Baxter, Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction

“To the extent that self-expression does broadcast and reinforce a person's character, it clarifies a link between art, eccentricity, and mental illness. The more like ourselves we become, the odder we become.”
― Alice Weaver Flaherty, The Midnight Disease: The Drive to Write, Writer's Block, and the Creative Brain

“Welcome to this ugly, maddening world in all its beauty. Grow and learn, so that you'll someday be able to help others in turn.”
― Kore Yamazaki, The Ancient Magus' Bride, Vol. 4