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- [Harry] had always suffered from a vague restlessness, a longing for adventure that she told herself severely was the result of reading too many novels…
- Oh, why does compassion weaken us?' It doesn't, really...Somewhere where it all balances out-don't the philosophers have a name for it, the perfect place, the…
- ...and again she wished for Sherwood, and the dappled roof of leaves that never weighed upon her. She pulled her scarf closer around her and…
- When you write your first novel you don't really know what you're doing. There may be writers out there who are brilliant, incisive and in…
- So, what do you do when you know you have two days to live? Eat an entire Bitter Chocolate Death cake all by myself. Reread…
- My books happen. They tend to blast in from nowhere, seize me by the throat, and howl 'Write me! Write me now!' But they rarely…
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