When tough times come, it is particularly important to offset them with much gentle softness. Be a pillow.
Vera NazarianWe don't need fantasy to mess with our minds to the point of rendering us insane - real life horrors do that already.
Vera NazarianEven for the people who are color-blind to any degree, I believe their experience would also be affected [ in Lords of Rainbow ] if everyone else too only perceived the world in colorless monochrome.
Vera NazarianAll stories have a curious and even dangerous power. They are manifestations of truth -- yours and mine. And truth is all at once the most wonderful yet terrifying thing in the world, which makes it nearly impossible to handle. It is such a great responsibility that it's best not to tell a story at all unless you know you can do it right. You must be very careful, or without knowing it you can change the world.
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