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Between 1840 and 1845, Edgar Allan Poe created the model to which so many writers after him adhered. It was Poe who gave the world Auguste Dupin and his unnamed Boswell, thus establishing what might be called the Formula Detective
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“It is strange,' he said at last. 'I had longed to enter the world of men. Now I see it filled with sorrow, with cruelty and treachery, with those who would destroy all around them.'
'Yet, enter it you must,' Gwydion answered, 'for it is a destiny laid on each of us. True, you have seen these things. But there are equal parts of love and joy.”
― The Black Cauldron
'Yet, enter it you must,' Gwydion answered, 'for it is a destiny laid on each of us. True, you have seen these things. But there are equal parts of love and joy.”
― The Black Cauldron
“Is there not glory enough in living the days given to us? You should know there is adventure in simply being among those we love and the things we love, and beauty, too.”
― The Black Cauldron
― The Black Cauldron
“O help/ Me, Obi-Wan Kenobi, help. Thou art/ Mine only hope.
-Leia Organa”
― William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope
-Leia Organa”
― William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope
“And so shall honor Morgant," Gwydion said, "for what he used to be, and Ellidyr Prince of Pen-Llarcau for what he became.”
― The Black Cauldron
― The Black Cauldron
“Then there is Annileen. I was tempted to call her 'the Intrepid Annileen' just now - because she seems to be able to deal with whatever horror this planet can imagine. That's what I need to become: absolutely familiar with all the dangers here. She takes them in stride. Not because she's fearless, but because she knows she has to go on, to take care of all the people in her life.”
― Star Wars: Knight Errant, Vol. 3: Escape
― Star Wars: Knight Errant, Vol. 3: Escape
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