"An editor named Kerrie Hughes wanted me to write a short story that brought my fire-spider Smudge from my goblin books into the present-day world. I came up with libriomancy as a way to make that happen."

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Jim C. Hines

#Book Quotes #Writing Quotes #Fire Quotes

“The trumpet was not a lyrical singing instrument.”
“It's the one species I wouldn't mind seeing vanish from the face of the earth. I wish they were like the White Rhinosix of them left in the Serengeti National Park, and all males.”
“Sex is fun to sing about.”
“Great ladies ... are like the best sauces -- it is better not to know how they are made.”

Source : Octave Mirbeau (1911). “The Experiences of a Ladies' Maid”
“Genuine rights donâ€™t conflictâ€”they enable us to live together without intractable conflicts.”
“You are as safe with me as you would be in the Bank of England.”
“I love imaginative representations of a possible near-future, where you look at the technology and you think, "Well, yeah, that could really nearly be true." I like those kinds of backgrounds.”
“Modesty is the way you deal with beauty not the way you avoid it.”

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