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“I think love is a huge factor in fiction and in real life. Is there a risk? Always. In fiction and in life”

Alice Hoffman

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“It was after dark when the woods were most filled with magic, when there were fireflies and the mist was rising from the streams.”

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“She preferred cats to human beings and turned down every offer from the men who fell in love with her.”

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I'm a really eclectic reader.

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It's not the lie that's the problem; it's the distance the lie forges between you.

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“Her vision was going, but she could see him, the way people see clouds-beautiful, racing by, casting shadows.”

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