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"And it was always the stories that needed the telling that gave us the rope we could cross any river with. They balanced us high above any crevasse. They made us be natural acrobats. They made us brave. They met us well. They changed us. It was in their nature to."
— Ali Smith (Girl Meets Boy: The Myth of Iphis)
— Ali Smith (Girl Meets Boy: The Myth of Iphis)
"What I love about fiction is how it encourages us to step outside the boundaries of our lives and to empathize with people whom we'd never otherwise meet. This ability to identify with others, to understand their situations and be moved by their experiences, is probably the most important thing fiction does for us. In this way, I believe reading literature humanizes us."
— Frances Hwang
— Frances Hwang
"But what are our stories if not the mirrors we hold up to our fears?"
— Wally Lamb (I Know This Much Is True)
— Wally Lamb (I Know This Much Is True)
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"-- that books were mirrors, reflective in sometimes unpredictable ways."
— Wally Lamb (I Know This Much Is True)
— Wally Lamb (I Know This Much Is True)
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"It was a matter of perspective, I began to see.
The whole world was crazy; I'd flattered myself by assuming I was a semifinalist."
-- Dolores Price"
— Wally Lamb (She's Come Undone)
The whole world was crazy; I'd flattered myself by assuming I was a semifinalist."
-- Dolores Price"
— Wally Lamb (She's Come Undone)
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