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"Just finished Colin Insole's "The Rose-White Water" -- whoa!" — Feb 01, 2026 08:16AM
"Just finished Colin Insole's "The Rose-White Water" -- whoa!" — Feb 01, 2026 08:16AM
“... quite naturally, I am curious about behaviour which does not fit the natural patterns, which floats suspended at some unexplored level of the sentient sea and defies the tides and waves of society.”
― The Cell & Other Transmorphic Tales
― The Cell & Other Transmorphic Tales
“There was nothing wrong with Southern California that a rise in the ocean level wouldn't cure.”
― The Drowning Pool
― The Drowning Pool
“It doesn't matter. I have books, new books, and I can bear anything as long as there are books.”
― Among Others
― Among Others
“Cinema – all art really – has great power. Power to illuminate. Power to transform. For those of us who experience film as literature, classic movies comprised an introductory education in the genre. As kids, many of us went searching through library shelves for obscure source novels after seeing some old movie or other. It was the start of many an adventure.”
― Vortex
― Vortex
“...our literature has fallen upon evil days...Read the latest book. What do you find? Simple anecdotes: murder, suicide and accident stories copied right out of the newspaper, tiresome sketches and wormy tales, all written in a colourless style and containing not the faintest outlook on life nor an appreciation of the human nature.”
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