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Maggie Stiefvater

"Unrequited love," I'd say. He'd look at me sideways in that cunning way he did and say, "what about it?" and I'd reply, "it's not your color." Pithy. Just to show him that I'd noticed. Or maybe I'd show myself to her and say, "Guess I'm not the only one who uses humans around here." And then I'd summon some of Owain's hounds to chew off the bottom bits of her legs. Then she wouldn't fit just right into his arms. She'd be too short. It'd be like hugging a midget. Nuala- pg. 75"

-- Maggie Stiefvater

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“The human species took a crucial step forward when its vocal musculature came under operant control in the production of speech sounds. Indeed, it is possible that all the distinctive achievements of the species can be traced to that one genetic change.”
“Each painting is fresh and new, a surprise even to myself.”
“That is certainly the point: when the human species was born, on the African savanna, life was pretty good; we could live in harmony with the rest of nature, and that's what I've been calling Eden. The only technologies that humans devised for some 2 million years were fire and the hand ax. That's all. Eden didn't need anything more”

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“When 'Being Rushed' is the problem . . . Rushing is never the solution.”
“The pearl whose possession separates man from beast, the pearl which is the rarest find - the best among virtues - is forgiveness.”
“If malice or envy were tangible and had a shape, it would be the shape of a boomerang.”
“. . . I was rich, if not in money, in sunny hours and summer days. . . .”
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Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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