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“He sighs. “If it’s any consolation, I’m not overly thrilled about being away from my wife for so long, either.” “She a cougar?” Cora asks. Karl stares at her, mouth open. “I’m just saying,” she says defensively. “He looks like the sort to snag a cougar.” She did not just say that. “Cora!” “My wife is off limits to you.” He shakes a finger at her. And then, after a moment, “She’s not a cougar.” Cora cackles brightly.”

“It’s plain to see that the romance has slightly slipped from the Bohemian lifestyle. But we’re literary Gypsies, all of us, and it’s only recently that we’re starting to realise we’re not alone. The Internet is connecting all the healers and storytellers, the wild people and mystics, the writers and painters, and the ones who are slightly cracked. I’ve always loved wild people.”

“Obedience is an unpopular word nowadays, but the artist must be obedient to the work, whether it be a symphony, a painting, or a story for a small child. I believe that each work of art, whether it is a work of great genius or something very small, comes to the artist and says, "Here I am, Enflesh me. Give birth to me." And the artist either says, "My soul doth magnify the Lord," and willingly becomes the bearer of the work, or refuses; but the obedient response is not necessarily a conscious one, and not everyone has the humble, courageous obedience of Mary.”