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“I'm fascinated with the stories that we tell. Real histories become fantasies and fairy tales, morality tales and fables.”
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“Shades of a new morning standing still are worse than the shades of night. At least a person can understand the dark of night. It’s not fickle like the day.”
― This Child's Gonna Live
― This Child's Gonna Live
“The heads of strong old age are beautiful / Beyond all grace of youth”
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“A smile is the universal welcome.”
― The Sense of Humor
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“Good writers are monotonous, like good composers. They keep trying to perfect the one problem they were born to understand.”
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