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Lynn Abbey, born on September 18, 1948, is an American author known for her works in the fantasy and science fiction genres. She is renowned for her rich imagination and unique world-building. more

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“Short-story writing requires an exquisite sense of balance. Novelists, frankly, can get away with more. A novel can have a dull spot or two, because the reader has made a different commitment.”

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“I've read short stories that are as dense as a 19th century novel and novels that really are short stories filled with a lot of helium.”

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“It's punishment to be compelled to do what one doesn't wish.”

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“When you write a song, most of the words you use are in black and white, and then, from time to time, you use one that’s in color. These words in color are a part of ourselves, because we give them a meaning. If you like, we give them a third dimension.”

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“As you love your own body, so regard everyone as equal to your own body. When the Supreme Experience supervenes, everyone's service is revealed as one's own service. Call it a bird, an insect, an animal or a man, call it by any name you please, one serves one's own Self in every one of them.”

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“Ever afterward, though the dance of creation change around me in the hall of eternity, I shall be the same.”

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