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That's the most terrible thing about being an author - standing there at your mother's funeral, but you don't switch the author off. So your own inner...more

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The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.

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High magic requires a great clarity of thought, you see, and women's talents do not lie in that direction. Their brains tend to overheat.

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This was not the time to say “I don’t know.” The brothers had begging, hungry looks, like dogs waiting to be fed. They wanted an answer. It would be n...more