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Dennis Potter

"Therapy, as opposed to analysis, is a whole construct of myth, beautiful and creative."

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"All stories told have been told before. We tell them to ourselves, as did all men who ever were. And all men who ever will be. The only things new are the names."

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"By the Valg, three were made,Of the gate-Stone of the Wyrd:Obsidian the gods forbadeAnd stone they greatly feared.In grief, he hid one in the crownOf her he loved so well,To keep with her where she lay downInside the starry cell.The second one was hiddenIn a mountain made of fire,Where all men are forbiddenDespite their great desires.Where the third liesWill never be toldBy voice or tongueOr sum of gold."

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"Please tell me your master isn't Aeolus.""That airhead?" Favonius snorted. "No, of course not.""He means Eros." Nico's voice turned edgy. "Cupid, in Latin."Favonius smiled. "Very good, Nico di Angelo. I'm glad to see you again, by the way. It's been a long time."

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"If you're Strigoi," the boy interrupted loudly, "then why don't you have horns? My friend Jeffrey said Strigoi have horns."Dimitri's eyes fell not on the boy but on me for a moment. Again, that spark of knowing shot between us. Then, face smooth and serious, Dimitri turned to the boy and answered, "Strigoi don't have horns. And even if they did, it wouldn't matter because I'm not a Strigoi."

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"I am attracted to myths."

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"So Lightning says to Mud,"What would happen if I struck your blood?And Mud says, "Brother, It would hurt, And make me the motherOf every living thing.But, Fire Boy, you ain't lifting my grass skirtUntil you burn me a ring."

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"There's no end to the inventiveness of critics, I tell you. Because they can't write fiction, they put their impulse into their analysis of work."
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"To love it too much is to obscure and not see what is there."
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"As adults, we do know more, but we don't know enough. People can be very unthinkingly callous."
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"People endure what they endure and they deal with it. It may corrupt them. It may lead them into all sorts of compensatory excesses."
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"You have to assert something about yourself in order to be yourself."
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