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The stories in books hate the stories contained in newspapers.

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Once upon a time – for that is how all stories should begin – there was a boy who lost his mother.

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Before she came ill, David's mother would often tell him that stories were alive. They weren't alive in the way that people were alive, or even dogs o...more

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Stories come alive in the telling. (…)They lay dormant, hoping for the chance to emerge. Once someone started to read them, they could begin to change...more

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Stories come alive in the telling. Without a human voice to read them aloud, or a pair of wide eyes following them by flashlight beneath a blanket, th...more

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These stories were very old, as old as people, and they had survived because they were very powerful indeed. They were the tales that echoed in the he...more

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And Nurd, who had never had a mother and father, and who had never loved or been loved, marvelled at the ways in which feeling so wonderful could also...more

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But don't they say that all is fair in love and war? I heard that somewhere.""'They?' Who are 'they?'""I don't know. Just people.""That's what the vic...more

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There's a difference between living and just surviving. Do something you love, and find someone to love who loves that you love what you do.It is real...more

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Perhaps it's true that all men love their fathers, no matter how terrible the things they do to their sons: there is a part of us that remains forever...more