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This is a work of fiction. All the characters in it, human and otherwise, are imaginary, excepting o...
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I've known ambitious people with no aptitude for the thing they did. Most of whom, rather terrif...
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We all not only could know everything. We do. We just tell ourselves we don't to make it all bea...
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The great thing about Batman and Superman, in truth, is that they are literally transcendent. They a...
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We often confuse what we wish for with what is.
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Touched by her fingers, the two surviving chocolate people copulate desperately, losing themselves i...
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A philosopher once asked, "Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at them because ...
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Really, he thought, if you couldn't trust a poet to offer sensible advice, who could you trust?
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I mean, d'you know what eternity is? There's this big mountain, see, a mile high, at the end of the ...
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Adventures are all very well in their place, but there's a lot to be said for regular meals and free...
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Stories may well be lies, but they are good lies that say true things, and which can sometimes pay t...
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I saw the world I had walked since my birth and I understood how fragile it was, that the reality wa...
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Proper bread was white, and pre-sliced, and tasted like almost nothing: that was the point.
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Monsters come in all shapes and sizes. Some of them are things people are scared of. Some of them ar...
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Grown-ups don't look like grown-ups on the inside either. Outside, they're big and thoughtless and t...
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Books were safer than other people anyway.
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I don't think I'm mainstream. I think what I am is lots and lots of different cults. And whe...
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As an author, I've never forgotten how to daydream.
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Remember your name. Do not lose hope ---what you seek will be found.
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I felt like a Porsche that had learned it wasn't a bicycle anymore but was still taking part in bicy...
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I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes.

Because if you are making mistakes, ...
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One of the dwarfs walked in front of Thor to get a better view of the prye, and Thor kicked him irri...
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The last dead leaves of fall crackled underfoot, winter-crisp.
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I asked him if it were a mirage, and he said yes. I said it was a dream, and he agreed, But said it ...
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You don't get explanations in real life. You just get moments that are absolutely, utterly, inexplic...
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Every lover is, in his heart, a madman, and, in his head, a minstrel.
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So I went out and bought myself a copy of the Writer and Artist Yearbook, bought lots of magazines a...
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When you smiled you had my undivided attention. When you laughed you had my urge to laugh with you. ...
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Watching you walk out of my life does not make me bitter or cynical about love. But rather makes me ...
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As I look back on all that's happened..growing up, growing together, changing you, changing me -- th...
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I miss you when something really good happens, because you are the one I want to share it with. I mi...
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Love that we can not have is the one that lasts the longest, hurts the deepest and feels the stronge...
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Yes I love him. I love him more than anything else in this world and there is nothing that I would l...
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To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure, bu...
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Love comes to those who still hope even though they've been disappointed, to those who still believe...
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I've noticed that being with you, I smile more often, I anger a little less quickly, the sun shines ...
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What power would Hell have if those imprisoned there were not able to dream of Heaven?
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Anyway: I'm not blessed or merciful. I'm just me. I've got a job to do and I do it. Listen: even as ...
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The biggest difference between England and America is that England has history, while America has ge...
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Archimedes said that with a long enough lever and a solid enough place to stand, he could move the w...
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