“I used to think I was the strangest person in the world but then I thought there are so many people in the world, there must be someone just like me who feels bizarre and flawed in the same ways I do. I would imagine her, and imagine that she must be out there thinking of me, too. Well, I hope that if you are out there and read this and know that, yes, it’s true I’m here, and I’m just as strange as you.”
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“Not everyone is capable of writing junk fiction: It requires an authentic junk mind.”
― The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers
― The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers
“He who climbs upon the highest mountains laughs at all tragedies, real or imaginary.”
― Thus Spoke Zarathustra
― Thus Spoke Zarathustra
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