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> [“Nothing ever begins. There is no first moment; no single word or place from which this or any other story springs. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/nothing-ever-begins-there-is-no-first-moment-no-single-word-or-place/)

[Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/)

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> [Nothing ever begins. There is no first moment; no single word or place from which this or any story springs. The threads…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/nothing-ever-begins-there-is-no-first-moment-no-single-word-or-place-2/)

[Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/)

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> [Nothing ever begins. There is no first moment; no single word or place from which this or any other story springs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/nothing-ever-begins-there-is-no-first-moment-no-single-word-or-place-3/)

[Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/)

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## Other authors on Single word

## More by Clive Barker

> [I've always thought that the most extraordinary special effect you could do is to buy a child at the moment of its birth, sit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/i-ve-always-thought-that-the-most-extraordinary-special-effect-you/)

[Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/)

> [Those old hypocrites. They talk about killing witches but the Good Book’s full of magic. Turning the Nile to blood and parting the Red…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/those-old-hypocrites-they-talk-about-killing-witches-but-the-good/)

[Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/)

> [I dreamt a limitless book, A book unbound, Its leaves scattered in fantastic abundance On every line there was a new horizon drawn, New…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/i-dreamt-a-limitless-book-a-book-unbound-its-leaves-scattered-in/)

[Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/)

> [“Only when they have outrun the all-too-eager shadows of the Canyon and they are back in the glare of the billboards on Sunset Boulevard,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/only-when-they-have-outrun-the-all-too-eager-shadows-of-the-canyon/)

[Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/)

> [I firmly believe that a story is only as good as the villain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/i-firmly-believe-that-a-story-is-only-as-good-as-the-villain/)

[Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/)

> [“Let us not neglect the forbidden. Let us not sophisticate ourselves out of the cheap thrill and chill of it: the story told for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/let-us-not-neglect-the-forbidden-let-us-not-sophisticate-ourselves/)

[Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/)

> [You can plan to be brave - it's even better if you just try to be brave.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/you-can-plan-to-be-brave-it-s-even-better-if-you-just-try-to-be-brave/)

[Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/)

> [“Pleasure is a reward, given to the human system by evolution in return for services rendered to the preservation and increase of the species.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/pleasure-is-a-reward-given-to-the-human-system-by-evolution-in-return/)

[Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/)

> [I love meeting people who've read my books. The prime reason to be on the planet is to make things I can show to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/i-love-meeting-people-who-ve-read-my-books-the-prime-reason-to-be-on/)

[Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/)

> [Nothing happens carelessly. We’re not brought into the world without reason, even though we may never understand the reason. An infant that lives an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/nothing-happens-carelessly-we-re-not-brought-into-the-world-without/)

[Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/)

> [“Despite his intent, tears sprang to his eyes, and he went into her embrace, both of them sobbing freely, like enemies joined by a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/despite-his-intent-tears-sprang-to-his-eyes-and-he-went-into-her/)

[Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/)

> [Always, worlds within worlds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/always-worlds-within-worlds/)

[Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/)

> [“I'm an inclusionist. I've always divided up (very, very broadly, I admit) the artistic instincts into the inclusionist and the exclusionist. The exclusionist is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/i-m-an-inclusionist-i-ve-always-divided-up-very-very-broadly-i-admit/)

[Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/)

> [I think I'm less and less labelled a 'horror writer'. The books tend not to go on horror shelves any more, and when they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/i-think-i-m-less-and-less-labelled-a-horror-writer-the-books-tend-not/)

[Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/)

> [“Horror shows us that the control we believe we have is purely illusory.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/horror-shows-us-that-the-control-we-believe-we-have-is-purely-illusory/)

[Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/)

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