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Well, of course. The story comes, and it is pure story. That’s all I set out to write. But I don’t believe that we can write any kind of story without including, whether we intend to or not, our response to the world around us.
“if you want to make a human being into a monster, deny them, at the cultural level, any reflection of themselves.”
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“I wanted so much to live. I wanted so much to stay and not to leave. In a moment no answer would matter to me, but just the same, I wanted to know what I guess any dying person wants to know.
"Answer this, Ellimist: Did I . . . did I make a difference? My life, and my . . . my death . . . was I worth it? Did my life really matter?"
"Yes," he said. "You were brave. You were strong. You were good. You mattered."
"Yeah. Okay, then. Okay, then.”
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"Answer this, Ellimist: Did I . . . did I make a difference? My life, and my . . . my death . . . was I worth it? Did my life really matter?"
"Yes," he said. "You were brave. You were strong. You were good. You mattered."
"Yeah. Okay, then. Okay, then.”
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“Memories don't just live inside you, Minette. They live in all the people and objects you share your life with.”
― The Tea Dragon Society
― The Tea Dragon Society
“Hold my hand in yours, and we will not fear what hands like ours can do.”
― The Epic of Gilgamesh
― The Epic of Gilgamesh
“Writers cannot protect their readers from themselves, nor should they be expected to.”
― Bad Feminist
― Bad Feminist
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