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“The library was ... scattered with odd cushions and strange padded built-in furniture added a few years ago to placate the rioting students of the time, who could never seem to make up their minds whether they were angriest about Viet Nam, about being made to learn a foreign language, or about being made to sit at a hard wooden desk while they did it. The College, being unable to do anything about Viet Nam and unwilling to do anything about the foreign language requirement, had reformed the furniture in the library.”

Quote by Pamela Dean

Book:Tam Lin

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Tam Lin

Tam Lin is a classic Scottish ballad that tells the story of a young woman who is abducted by the mythical Tam Lin, a handsome but dangerous fairy prince. The narrative explores themes of love, magic, and the supernatural, and is known for its haunting melody and poetic language. more

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Pamela Dean
Pamela Dean

Pamela Dean, born in 1953, is an American author known for her works in the genres of fantasy and science fiction. Her novels, celebrated for their unique narrative style and profound thematic exploration, have garnered praise from readers and critics alike. more

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“Uni tuli viereeni seisomaan ja tarttui kylmään käteeni. Ja uni vei minut vuoteelle istumaan ja käski minun hyväillä itseään ja minä hyväilin. Ja uni riisui minulta vaatteet ja sitten itsensä ja meni peiton alle. Ja uni kohotti hymyillen täkinkulmaa ja pyysi minua tulemaan viereensä lämpimään ja lämmittämään itseään ja minä menin. Ja uni suuteli minua ja piti raskasta päätäni kaksin käsin ja vannoi minulle rakkautta. Ja uni painautui minua vasten ja minä hyväilin unen painavaa lämmintä vartaloa ja uni hyväili minun kylmää ruumistani ja minä vapisin. Ja uni tarttui minun sykkivään jäykkyyteeni ja avasi minulle suuren syvän sylinsä ja kuiskasi minua tulemaan. Ja uni opasti minut sisäänsä ja minä menin.”

“And how long would the life in me stay alive if it did not find new roots? I behaved like a starving man who knows there is foot somewhere if he can only find it. I did not reason anything out. I did not reason that part of the food I needed was to become a member of a community richer and more various, humanly speaking, than the academic world of Cambridge could provide: the hunger of the novelist. I did not reason that part of the nourishment I craved was all the natural world can give - a garden, woods, fields, brooks, birds: the hunger of the poet. I did not reason that the time had come when I needed a house of my own, a nest of my own making: the hunger of the woman.”

“The short story is not, as some believe, a lesser form of literature than the novel.”