“Maybe if everything was beautiful, nothing would be. People saw one thing, they swooned over it. They saw this other thing, they pounded it with sticks. Maybe there had to be variety for life to work. Swoon over everything, you get bored. Beat everything with a stick-boring.”
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Renowned American author known for his suspense and horror novels. He has been writing since the 1970s and his works have been widely popular, winning numerous international awards. more
“He used to say the uglier things are the longer they live, and the ugliest things live forever.”
“It's hard not to stand in awe and enchantment with the beauty in which nature expresses herself.”