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""God would forgive him.
It was a good story. It made him feel better. Stories were useful that way. They smoothed over the gaps and sharp edges of the world."" — Jan 16, 2026 01:20PM
""God would forgive him.
It was a good story. It made him feel better. Stories were useful that way. They smoothed over the gaps and sharp edges of the world."" — Jan 16, 2026 01:20PM
“People aren't either wicked or noble. They're like chef's salads, with good things and bad things chopped and mixed together in a vinaigrette of confusion and conflict.”
― The Grim Grotto
― The Grim Grotto
“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.”
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“To perceive is to suffer.”
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“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
― Letters to a Young Poet
― Letters to a Young Poet
“If you knew what was going to happen, if you knew everything that was going to happen next—if you knew in advance the consequences of your own actions—you'd be doomed. You'd be ruined as God. You'd be a stone. You'd never eat or drink or laugh or get out of bed in the morning. You'd never love anyone, ever again. You'd never dare to.”
― The Blind Assassin
― The Blind Assassin
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