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"I took a breath and let it go and suddenly the air was crisper and my lungs lighter and suddenly there was him saying my name in different ways and I catch myself throwing glances in the mirror, seeing someone I don't know quite yet but I can't wait to, and that is the start of everything."

"Beware how you take away hope from another human being."

"Jake went in, aware that he had, for the first time in three weeks, opened a door without hoping madly to find another world on the other side. A bell jingled overhead. The mild, spicy smell of old books hit him, and the smell was somehow like coming home."

"I felt lonely and content at the same time. I believe that is a rare kind of happiness."

"The rest of it - and perhaps the best of it - is a permission slip: you can, you should, and if you're brave enough to start, you will."

"Only the poet or the saint can water an asphalt pavement in the confident anticipation that lilies will reward his labour."

"The Lord is our hope. The Lord is our help."
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"I have always tended toward a lush prose style, but I take care to modulate it from story to story and to strip it down entirely when necessary."

"I do believe very much in the idea of unexpected or "convulsive" beauty - beauty in the service of liberty."

"I always try to be alert to the potential for repetition, for a decaying orbit with regard to my use of technique, etc."

"So many differing opinions and philosophies... are rarely housed under the roof of a single magazine."

"Film fixes a precise visual image in the viewer's head. In fiction, you just hope you're precise enough to convey the intended effect."
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