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I’m an author. We don’t want to lead. We don’t need to follow. We stay home and make stuff up and write it down and send it out into the world, and ge...more

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Cats don’t have names,” it said.“No?” said Coraline.“No,” said the cat. “Now, you people have names. That’s because you don’t know who you are. We kno...more

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So, yeah, my people figured that maybe there's something at the back of it all, a creator, a great spirit, and so we say thank you to it, because it's...more

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It's certainly not too late to change to the winning side. But you know, you also have the freedom to stay just where you are. That's what it means to...more

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If I could grant wishes do you think I would be driving a cab?

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It was a survival thing: he didn't answer back, didn't say anything about job security for prison guards, debate the nature of repentance, rehabilitat...more

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This was beyond a joke. This had moved beyond foolishness, slipped over the line into genuine 24 karat Jesus-Christ-I-fucked-up-bigtime territory.

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He was cold, standing in a wood, talking to a big black bird who was currently brunching on Bambi.

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Up the narrow stairs and into the kitchen. Rosie's mother looked around and made a face as if to indicate that it did not meet her standards of hygien...more

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Fat Charlie went back to his hotel room, the colour of underwater, where his lime sat, like a small green Buddha, on the countertop."You're no help," ...more

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Rosies mother was a highly strung bundle of barely thought-through prejudices, worries and feuds.

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Is there a word for forgetting the name of someone when you want to introduce them to someone else at the same time you realize you've forgotten the n...more

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We have eyes and we have nervesesWe have tails we have teethYou'll all get what you deservesesWhen we rise from underneath.

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Mirrors,' she said, 'are never to be trusted.

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But how can you walk away from something and still come back to it?""Easy," said the cat. "Think of somebody walking around the world. You start out w...more