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Quote by Conor McPherson

“If I wasn't plagued by needing to write things, that would perhaps be a blessing.”

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Conor McPherson is an Irish playwright known for his profound psychological portrayals and unique narrative style. His works often explore the relationship between individuals and society, as well as the deeper questions of human existence. more

“In Scripture the visitation of an angel is always alarming; it has to begin by saying 'Fear not.' The Victorian angel looks as if it were going to say, 'There, there.' The literary symbols are more dangerous [than sculptures and pictures] because they are not so easily recognized as symbolical. Those of Dante are best. Before his angels we sink in awe.”

Ifs Looks Dangerous Angel Scripture Symbols Awe Sculpture Fear Not Victorian Visitation

Author:Kathryn Lindskoog

“Lord Akeldama did so love to know all the gossip about the mundane world, but it was in the manner of a cat amusing himself among the butterflies without a need to interfere should their wings get torn off. They were only butterflies, after all.”

Knows World Needs Should Lord Cat Wings Gossip Butterfly Interfere Torn Mundane Amusing

Author:Gail Carriger

“The duke contents himself mainly with attempting to rule the world and other suchlike nonsense. When one is guiding the patterns of the social universe, a single spinster preternatural is unlikely to cause one undue distress.”

World Universe Social Causes Patterns Nonsense Distress Unlikely Attempting Dukes Spinsters

Author:Gail Carriger

“Beginning authors often get in their own way … They forget that they’ve been telling stories since they could talk. … The important thing to remember is, you know how to do this. You’ve been doing this your whole life.”

Knows Way Important Whole Stories Remember Forget Know How Important Things Whole Life Telling Stories

Author:Cynthia Leitich Smith

“John Scalzi is a fresh and appealing new voice, and Old Man's War is classic SF seen from a modern perspective—a fast-paced tour of a daunting, hostile universe.”

Men War Universe Voice Modern Perspective Classic Old Man Hostile Fast Paced

Author:Robert Charles Wilson

“Shalvis makes me laugh, makes me cry, makes me sigh with pure pleasure.”

Pleasure Laughing Cry Pure Sigh Make Me Laugh

Author:Susan Andersen

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