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![“When I think about [characters], I like to think of them in their relationships to each other. In the same way, I think that's how humans are ultimately defined. We are our relationships to one another. And a lot of what's interesting about us happens in the context of other people.” quote by John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d0/john-green-12_character_when-i-think-about-characters-i-like-to_1157553.jpg)
![“Mr Earbrass was virtually asleep when several lines of verse passed through his mind and left it hopelessly awake. Here was the perfect epigraph for TUH: A horrid ?monster has been [something] delay'd By your/their indiff'rence in the dank brown shade Below the garden... His mind's eye sees them…” quote by Edward Gorey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71d/edward-gorey-9339_five-years_mr-earbrass-was-virtually-asleep-when-se_3123103.jpg)
![“To return to antiquity [in literature]: that has been done. To return to the Middle Ages: that too has been done. Remains the present day. But the ground is shaky: so where can you set the foundations? An answer to this question must be found if one is to produce anything vital and hence lasting…” quote by Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fb/gustave-flaubert-354_books_to-return-to-antiquity-in-literature-tha_2381872.jpg)
![“Writing that sort of [songs like "Let is Roll"]made me try to almost sort of ingrain it in my own head every time I sing it live as well. It's like therapy. It's like "Move on, Pip! Come on. You can do this! You can do this."” quote by Ladyhawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df1/ladyhawke-16375_can-do_writing-that-sort-of-songs-like-let-is-r_688172.jpg)
