"The achievement of the hero is one that he is ready for and it's really a manifestation of his character. It's amusing the way in which the landscape and conditions of the environment match the readiness of the hero. The adventure that he is ready for is the one that he gets."

-- Joseph Campbell

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“Writers, because they write, are condemned never to be readers of their own stories...The memory of first putting a story into words will always prevent writers from reading their work as an ordinary reader would.”
“Never let the enemy pick the battle site.”
“Books remember all the things you cannot contain.”
“Fenugreek, Tuesday's spice, when the air is green like mosses after rain.”
“It may be that some little root of the sacred tree still lives. Nourish it then, that it may leaf and bloom and fill with singing birds.”
“The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.”
“She looked around. "Oh, I've just got to hug somebody! You!" And she hugged Puck, the little ghost horse. "And you." She hugged Pook, and Peek, and even the nose of the moat monster. "But not you," she decided, encountering the zombie.”
“You're looking exceptionally ugly tonight, Madam, is it because we have company?”

Source : Alfred Jarry (2007). “The Ubu Plays: Includes: Ubu Rex; Ubu Cuckolded; Ubu Enchained”, p.22, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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