And, as always, thank you for coming to another dark place with me. Stephen King
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Just when you think you’ve seen the worst human beings have to offer, you find out you’re wrong, Izzy said. Then added the kicker: There’s no end to evil.
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Time, she thinks, really is the avenger.
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If you think of literature as a town, then those who read and write poetry are the poor relations who live in shanties across the tracks
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“Good times only,” Olivia says. “Leave the future out of it. The only person unhappier than a writer whose expectations aren’t fulfilled is one whose dreams come true.”
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Barbara might not have believed the old poet had enough circulation to blush, given her powered-down state, but apparently she does.
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the important thing is to keep the channel open and the words flowing. “If you don’t,” she says, “your channel may silt up. And then dry up.”
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“Gifts are fragile. You must never entrust yours to people who might break it.”
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there’s no more exquisite torture than hope.
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Not that either of them believes in God, or a happily-ever-afterlife, which is an excellent reason to extend this one as long as possible.