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There’s a writer for you,” he said. “Knows everything and at the same time he knows nothing.” [narra...

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Chromatacia…society…ruled by a colortocracy…social hierarchy based upon one's limited color percepti...

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There's only room for one hero in this story-and everyone knows the devil doesn't get to be the good...

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There's only room for one hero in this story-and everyone knows the devil doesn't get to be the good...

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All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.

I mulled over the implications and decided not to waste my time worrying about what everyone else th...

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Humans are pattern-seeking story-telling animals, and we are quite adept at telling stories about pa...

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Different people remember things differently, and you'll not get any two people to remember anything...

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Unless there is a strong sense of place there is no travel writing, but it need not come from topogr...

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Paul TherouxThe Best American Travel Writing 2001

We are happy when people/things conform and unhappy when they don't. People and events don't disappo...

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Every culture has its southerners -- people who work as little as they can, preferring to dance, dri...

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I notice you use 'work' and 'job' interchangeably. oughten to do that. A job's what you force yourse...

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