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“The key to good eavesdropping is not getting caught.”
― Lemony Snicket, The Blank Book

“Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.”
― Paulo Coelho

“I didn’t need you, you idiot. I picked you. And then you picked me back.”
― John Green, Paper Towns

“We are surrounded by story.”
― Alice McDermott

“Comedy is the blues for people who can’t sing.”
― Chris Rock

“The role of a writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say.”
― Anais Nin

“Stories may well be lies, but they are good lies that say true things, and which can sometimes pay the rent.”
― Neil Gaiman

“Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones

“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline