Robert R. McCammon Quotes

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• We all start out knowing magic. We are born with whirlwinds, forest fires, and comets inside us. We are born able to sing to birds…
• After years of having a dog, you know him. You know the meaning of his snuffs and grunts and barks. Every twitch of the ears…
• Maybe crazy is what they call anybody who's got magic in them after they're no longer a child.
• They say that somewhere in Africa the elephants have a secret grave where they go to lie down, unburden their wrinkled gray bodies, and soar…
• Once upon a time, man had a love affair with fire.
• Many times you will fail. That is the nature of the world, and the truth of life. But when you find your horse again, will…
• Even the most worthless thing in the world can be beautiful, it just takes the right touch
• No one ever grows up. They may look grown-up, but it's a disguise. It's just the clay of time. Men and women are still children…
• I don't believe there can be any bad taste in creating a scene, only badwriting in handling it.
• Yes, there was music after all. The sound of the swamp rose up to him. The sound of frogs and crickets, of birds and 'gators,…
• Life itself does its best to take that memory of magic away from us. You don't know it's happening until one day you feel you've…
• We plant our roots in trembling earth, we live where mountains rose and fell and prehistoric seas burned away in mist. We and the towns…
• There is something about nature out of control that touches a primal terror. We are used to believing that we're the masters of our domain,…
• It seems to me that Mr. Sculley understood the very nucleus of existence, that he had kept his young eyes and young heart even though…

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