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Being ill when you are a child or growing up is such an enchanted interlude! The outside world, the world of free time in the yard or the garden or on the street, is only a distant murmur in the sickroom. Inside, a whole world of characters ...more
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Nathan  Hill
“The flip side of being a person who never fails at anything is that you never do anything you could fail at. You never do anything risky. There’s a certain essential lack of courage among people who seem to be good at everything.”
Nathan Hill, The Nix

N.K. Jemisin
“I think you hate me because… I’m someone you can hate. I’m here, I’m handy. But what you really hate is the world.”
N.K. Jemisin, The Broken Earth Trilogy

Neil Gaiman
“If you want to imagine the future, imagine a boy and his dog and his friends. And a summer that never ends.”
Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
“Sometimes,” said Helmholtz, “I get so lonely and disgusted, I don’t see how I can stand it. I feel like doing all kinds of crazy things, just for the heck of it—things that might even be bad for me.” Jim blew a smoke ring expertly. “And then!” said Helmholtz. He snapped his fingers and honked his horn. “And then, Jim, I remember I’ve got at least one tiny corner of the universe I can make just the way I want it! I can go to it and gloat over it until I’m brand-new and happy again.”
Kurt Vonnegut, Welcome to the Monkey House

Bernhard Schlink
“Doing history means building bridges between the past and the present, observing both banks of the river, taking an active part on both sides.”
Bernhard Schlink, The Reader

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