. . . had always taken for granted that the whole world was in a state of constantly … - Anne Fortier

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In our small chess community in Marylebone it would be mock modesty on my part to deny that I have built up for myself a considerable name without ever actually having won a single game. Even the best players are sometimes beaten, and that is precisely what happens to me.

Anne Fortier

. . . had always taken for granted that the whole world was in a state of constantly fluctuating madness, and that a neurosis was not an illness, but a fact of life, like pimples.

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Everything we say is a story. But nothing we say is just a story.

Everything, Nothing, Say, Stories, Story

A novel is, hopefully, the starting point of a conversation, one in which the author engages readers and asks that they see things from a different point of view than they might otherwise.

Different, Might, Novel, Readers, Starting, Views

If you let go of me now,” I whispered, stretching against him, “it could be another six hundred years before you find me again. Are you willing to take that risk?

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There is a trick to flying. The angels told me. " He had smiled at my wide-eyed awe. "You need to forget everything you know as a human being. When you are human, you discover that there is great power in hating the earth. And it can almost make you fly. But it never will. " I had frowned, not quite understanding him. "So, what's the trick?" "Love the sky.

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And whether or not we had now paid our dues, he was my blessing, and I was his.

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