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Matt Ruff, born on September 8, 1965, is a renowned American author. His works are highly praised by readers and critics for their unique imagination and profound thematic exploration.

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“But stories are like people, Atticus. Loving them doesn’t make them perfect. You try to cherish their virtues and overlook their flaws. The flaws are still there, though. " "But you don’t get mad. Not like Pop does." "No, that’s true, I don’t get mad. Not at stories. They do disappoint me sometimes." He looked at the shelves. "Sometimes, they stab me in the heart.”

Stories Reading Books Perfection Disappointment Flaws Writers And Their Work

Book:Lovecraft Country

Source: Lovecraft Country

“Yet just as a classic heroic tale needs a Saint, an unabashedly White-Hatted and periodically naive champion of romantic love, so too it isn’t quite complete without that other, more dubious, good guy: The Black Knight.”

Heroes Antiheroes

Book:Fool on the Hill

Source: Fool on the Hill

“Memory makes the difference. There are facts that everyone knows, but memories, and the feelings they evoke, are unique to individual souls. Memories can be described, but can never truly be shared.”

Memories Psychology

Book:Set This House in Order

Source: Set This House in Order

“Of course a certain number of scientists have to go mad, just to keep the tradition alive.”

Certain Courses Numbers Alive Tradition Scientist Mad

Book:Fool on the Hill: A Novel

Source: Fool on the Hill: A Novel

“As a Protestant minister's son I am partial to apocalypses.”

Son Ministers Apocalypse Protestants

Author:Matt Ruff

“I think I definitely want to blame my parents on this one. One of the things about having a minister for a father, you do tend to develop an irreverent streak. Kinda goes with the territory. And Dad was as bad as I am, really . .”

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Author:Matt Ruff

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Born: September 8, 1965
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