"Current cant equates fantasy with escapism, and current……" — Ellen Kushner
"Current cant equates fantasy with escapism, and current fashion would have it that fantasy is both easy to read and to write. It isn't. When it is done honestly, by a skillful writer, fantasy takes us far enough beyond our daily perceptions to open us to the essential realities beneath it. This is the true goal of all art."
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12 Quotes by Ellen Kushner
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Is this politics? I suppose I am going to have to learn all about it, if I am to run…
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In a city where most of the wealth is controlled by a small few, certain things are overlooked, particularly when…
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I'm the Duke of Riverside. I build things here and pretty much keep the peace, and discourage certain behaviors. If…
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Dream big. Find what makes you happy, and pursue it as you would food and warmth. You deserve it. And…
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Yo-Yo Ma and Bobby McFerrin together again for the first time.
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A masterwork. A particularly American magic realism that touches the heart of race and childhood in our country; it's 100…
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Utterly ingenious! Tiffany Trent has more fine invention at her fingertips than a roomful of magical Leonardos!
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Not being the sort to throw a book, she pounded her fist on her cushion.
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He said, 'They're only whores,' as though their very availability rendered them worthless.
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Let the fairy tale begin on a winter's morning, then, with one drop of blood newly-fallen on the ivory snow:…
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Across the troubled maelstrom of time, people always need a beer.
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