“It has forever been thus: So long as men write what they think, then all of the other freedoms - all of them - may remain intact. And it is then that writing becomes a weapon of truth, an article of faith, an act of courage.”
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“Doubt is the big machine. It grinds up the delusions of women and men.”
― Big Machine
― Big Machine
“A bad fairy tale has some simple goddamn moral. A great fairy tale tells the truth.”
― The Changeling
― The Changeling
“This is how you hustle the arcane. Skirt the rules but don’t break them.”
― The Ballad of Black Tom
― The Ballad of Black Tom
“Empathy is what separates human beings from teenage boys.”
― Big Machine
― Big Machine
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