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“We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost

“You must understand that when you are writing a novel you are not making anything up. It's all there and you just have to find it.”
― Thomas Harris, Red Dragon

“One can only see what one observes, and one observes only things which are already in the mind.”
― Thomas Harris, Red Dragon

“No wonder men did not want women to wear bloomers. What could women accomplish if they did not have to continually mind their skirts, keep them from dragging in the mud or getting trampled on the steps of an omnibus? If they had pockets! With pockets, women could conquer the world!”
― Theodora Goss, The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter