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“One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.”
― Essays of E. B. White
― Essays of E. B. White
“If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re happy.”
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“This wasn't just plain terrible, this was fancy terrible. This was terrible with raisins in it."
[Women Know Everything!]”
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[Women Know Everything!]”
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“I didn't fall in love with you. I walked into love with you, with my eyes wide open, choosing to take every step along the way. I do believe in fate and destiny, but I also believe we are only fated to do the things that we'd choose anyway. And I'd choose you; in a hundred lifetimes, in a hundred worlds, in any version of reality, I'd find you and I'd choose you”
― The Chaos of Stars
― The Chaos of Stars
“I've been rich and I've been poor, and rich is better.”
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Sword & Sorcery: "An earthier sort of fantasy"
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Readers, authors, illustrators, and editors aggregate here to discuss Sword & Sorcery books and related media (movies, comics, blogposts, etc.). ...more
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The western is a time-honored genre in the literature world, but it wasn't until lately that we've started adding the surreal to the mix and it's been ...more
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A place for all Stephen King fans to gather and discuss his work. Welcome Constant Readers!! EST 2007
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