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> [“A story isn't like a smoothly running engine, but is rather like a photograph. Photos can never be a perfect representation of what an eye looking at the same subject will see, partially due to the limitations of lenses and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-mamatas/a-story-isn-t-like-a-smoothly-running-engine-but-is-rather-like-a/)

[Nick Mamatas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-mamatas/)

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## More by Nick Mamatas

> [“Most people who are inexplicably confident despite being talentless and more than a little stupid have warm, affectionate parents.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-mamatas/most-people-who-are-inexplicably-confident-despite-being-talentless/)

[Nick Mamatas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-mamatas/)

> [“Reading about Japan in the West is often like looking at a funhouse mirror through a kaleidoscope.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-mamatas/reading-about-japan-in-the-west-is-often-like-looking-at-a-funhouse/)

[Nick Mamatas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-mamatas/)

> [“A story isn't like a smoothly running engine, but is rather like a photograph. Photos can never be a perfect representation of what an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-mamatas/a-story-isn-t-like-a-smoothly-running-engine-but-is-rather-like-a/)

[Nick Mamatas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-mamatas/)

> [“Hiram just stood there and blinked at her, his face ophidian.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-mamatas/hiram-just-stood-there-and-blinked-at-her-his-face-ophidian/)

[Nick Mamatas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-mamatas/)

> [“Personally, I don’t bother with anything cheap—my mother always said cheap was dear in the long run—but some people aren’t fussy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-mamatas/personally-i-don-t-bother-with-anything-cheap-my-mother-always-said/)

[Nick Mamatas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-mamatas/)

> [“Wataru Tsurumi’s Complete Manual of Suicide.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-mamatas/wataru-tsurumi-s-complete-manual-of-suicide/)

[Nick Mamatas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-mamatas/)

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