Craziness was considered funny, like all other things that were in reality frightening and profoundly shameful.
("Cat's Eye")
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Was that the beginning, that evening? It's hard to know. Beginnings are sudden, but also insidious. They creep up on you sideways, they keep to the shadows, they lurk unrecognized. Then, later, they spring.
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Stick a shovel into the ground almost anywhere and some horrible thing or other will come to light. Good for trade, we thrive on bones; without them there'd be no stories.
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A ratio of failures is built into the process of writing. The wastebasket has evolved for a reason.
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Never pray for justice, because you might get some.
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In my dreams of this city I am always lost.
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