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... there are four women in every manโs heart. The Maid in the Meadow, the Demon Lover, the Stouthearted Woman, the Tall and Quiet Woman.
Ordinary parties, he thought, were subtle games of sexual and social badminton.
If you get the landscape right, the characters will step out of it, and they'll be in the right place.
What we fear we often rage against.
All the travelin I ever done is going around the coffeepot looking for the handle.