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“Even when we know things, sometimes it takes words to make them concrete.”

Quote by Glen Cook

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Glen Cook, born on July 9, 1944, is an American science fiction author known for his unique worldviews and profound philosophical reflections. His works are highly appreciated by readers for their rich imagination and deep thematic exploration. more

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“The only characters I've made to resemble real people have been grotesques.”

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“Write. Don't talk about writing. Don't tell me about your wonderful story ideas. Don't give me a bunch of "somedays." Plant your ass and scribble, type, keyboard. If you have any talent at all, it will leak out despite your failure to pay attention in English.”

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“Where there is no waste, there is no want.”

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“When you're reading a novel, I think the reason you care about how any given plot turns out is that you take it as a data point in the big story of how the world works. Does such-and-such a kind of guy get the girl in the end? Does adultery ever bring happiness? How do winners become winners?”

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“I didn't care about truth; I cared about beauty. It took me many years--it took the experience of lived time--to realize that they really are the same thing.”

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“When you invent something, you're drawing on reservoirs of knowledge that you already have. It's only when you're faithful to the truth that something can come to you from the outside.”

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“Fate knows all about you, it knows your fears and your weaknesses and your confidences and strengths, and it can be ready for all of them when it decides that the time is right. It can move you like a pawn in a terrible game of chess, sacrifice you for the good of others, drop you from a building you should never have been inside, give you a disease that no one has ever heard of. Luck and chance are impartial. Fate is active. It picks on people. Almost as if it thinks about things too much.”

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“To be or not to be. That's not really a question.”

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“Humans crave knowledge, and when that craving ends, we are no longer human.”

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“Between a gasp and a sigh, a life can change forever.”

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