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Quote by Edward Gorey

“Some tiny creature, mad with wrath, is coming nearer on the path.”

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Edward Gorey was an American writer known for his distinctive black humor and Gothic style. His works spanned various genres, including children's literature, adult fiction, and illustration design. more

“I'm losing myself trying to compete With everyone else instead of just being me Don't know where to turn I've been stuck in this routine I need to change my ways Instead of always being weak I don't wanna be afraid I wanna wake up feeling beautiful today And know that I'm okay 'Cause everyone's perfect in unusual ways You see, I just wanna believe in me”

“Some people had too much power and too much cruelty to live. Some people were too horrible, no matter if you loved them; no matter that you had to make yourself terrible too, in order to stop them. Some things just had to be done. I forgive myself, thought Fire. Today, I forgive myself.”

People Ifs Matter Done Today Order Fire Too Much Terrible Forgiving Horrible Cruelty Too Much Power

Author:Kristin Cashore

“Chong said, 'Do yourself a favor, Morg. Next time you're staring at a girl's boobs, look up. You'll be shocked to learn it, but there's going to be a face up there. Nose, mouth, eyes. And behind the eyes is an actual person.”

Looks Persons Said Eye Faces Girl Next Behinds Mouths Favors Noses Staring Look Up Next Time Shocked

Book:Tales of the Rot & Ruin: Rot & Ruin; Dust & Decay; Dead & Gone, a Rot & Ruin story; Flesh & Bone

Source: Tales of the Rot & Ruin: Rot & Ruin; Dust & Decay; Dead & Gone, a Rot & Ruin story; Flesh & Bone

“An ordinary archer practices until he gets it right. A ranger practices until he never gets it wrong.”

Practice Ordinary Rangers Archer

Author:John Flanagan

“Don't go into great detail describing places and things, unless you're Margaret Atwood and can paint scenes with language. You don't want descriptions that bring the action, the flow of the story, to a standstill.”

Want Stories Action Language Scene Flow Paint Details Description Describing Standstill

Book:Get Shorty: A Novel

Source: Get Shorty: A Novel

“My remarks are, as always, apt, sound, and to the point. (Hercule Poirot)”

Sound Remarks Hercule Poirot

Book:Hercule Poirot's casebook

Source: Hercule Poirot's casebook

“If the living are haunted by the dead, then the dead are haunted by their own mistakes.”

Ifs Mistake Haunted Houses

Book:Damned

Source: Damned

“It's obsequious little nicety-nice girls like me who allow assholes to run the world: Miss Harlot O'Harlots, billionaire phony tree huggers, hypocrite drug-snorting, weed-puffing peace activists who fund the mass-murdering drug cartels and perpetuate crushing poverty in dirt-poor banana republics. It's my petty fear of personal rejection that allows so many true evils to exist. My cowardice enables atrocities.”

Quote by Edward Gorey

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