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“Happy endings are still endings.”
― Son of a Witch
― Son of a Witch
“Of all creatures that breathe and move upon the earth, nothing is bred that is weaker than man.”
― The Odyssey
― The Odyssey
“Reading brings us unknown friends”
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“There's no money in poetry, but there's no poetry in money, either.”
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“Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all around us. In the end, writers will write not to be outlaw heroes of some underculture but mainly to save themselves, to survive as individuals.”
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