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Guy Gavriel Kay is a renowned Canadian fantasy author, born on November 7, 1954. His works are celebrated for their rich imagination and profound cultural depth, enjoying great popularity among readers.

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“I have always argued, in a good novel, interesting things happen to interesting people.”

People Happens Interesting Novel Things Happen Interesting Things

Author:Guy Gavriel Kay

“My youngest brother had a wonderful schtick from some time in high school, through to graduating medicine. He had a card in his wallet that read, ‘If I am found with amnesia, please give me the following books to read …’ And it listed half a dozen books where he longed to recapture that first glorious sense of needing to find out ‘what happens next’ … the feeling that keeps you up half the night. The feeling that comes before the plot’s been learned.”

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Author:Guy Gavriel Kay

“There was some sadness in how that could happen, Tai thought: falling out of love with something that had shaped you. Or even people who had? But if you didn't change at least a little, where were the passages of a life? Didn't learning, changing, sometimes mean letting go of what had once been seen as true?”

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Book:Under Heaven

Source: Under Heaven

“There was some sadness in how that could happen, falling out of love with something that had shaped you. Or even people who had.”

People Happens Fall Sadness Falling In Love

Book:Under Heaven

Source: Under Heaven

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Born: November 7, 1954
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Quotes: 90

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