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“People named Tinkerbell name their daughters Susan.”

Book:Murder Mysteries

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Murder Mysteries

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Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman, born on November 10, 1960, is a renowned British author. His works span across various genres including fantasy, horror, and science fiction, with notable titles such as 'American Gods' and 'Good Omens'. Gaiman's writing style is distinctive and has won him a dedicated fan base. more

“She tasted the day he lost his first job. She tasted the morning he had awakened, still drunk, in his car, in the middle of a cornfield, and, terrified, had sworn off the bottle for ever. She knee his real name. She remembered the name that had once been tattooed on his arm and knew why it could be there no longer. She tasted the color of his eyes from the inside, and shivered at the nightmare he had in which he was forced to carry spiny fish in his mouth, and from which he woke, choking, night after night. She savored the hungers in food and fiction, and discovered a dark sky when he was a small boy and he had stared up at the stars and wondered at their vastness and immensity, that even he had forgotten.”

Memories Neil Gaiman Smoke And Mirrors Tastings

Book:Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers

Source: Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers

“The German astronomer Johannes Kepler coined the term “camera obscura” in the early seventeenth century, but by then the phenomenon had been known for millennia; in fact, it is perhaps the oldest known optical illusion. Some form of camera obscura was most likely behind a popular illusion performed in ancient Greece and Rome, in which spectral images were cast upon the smoke of burning incense by performers using concave metal mirrors—hence the expression “smoke and mirrors.”

Rome Smoke And Mirrors Kepler Camera Obscura

Author:Jennifer Ouellette

“Is our closeness all smoke and mirrors, Just a figment in my mind? Do you know what all your in for With a love like mine? I can show you what lies ahead If we leave our lives behind”

Lovers Love Poems Love Her Wild Smoke And Mirrors Love Her

Book:Senses

Source: Senses

“We’re actually happy with things just as they are. Conquering more land would just mean the seven families would be at each other’s throats over how to divide up the spoils. We don’t want to conquer the world, we just want the world to think we want to conquer them so they don’t try and conquer us.”