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    The thing with pretending you're in a good mood is that sometimes you can.

    Good | Mood | Pretending


    I think you're all mad. But that's part and parcel of being an artistic genius, isn't it?

    Mad | Genius | Artistic


    Witchery is merely a word for what we are all capable of.

    Capable | Word | Merely


    The problem with children is that you have to put up with their parents.

    Parents | Problem


    If you're not ready to die, then how can you live?

    Die | Ready


    I'm not Chinese. I thrive in interesting times.

    Thrive | Chinese


    I've always been interested in the outsider.

    Interested | Outsider


    I've always known and been interested in people who are a little bit off the norm. I like to call attention to the idea that they are there, that they are real people, not invisible.

    Attention | Interested | Norm


    There are few joys to compare with the telling of a well-told tale.

    Compare | Few | Tale


    Stone walls confine a tinker; cold iron binds a witch; but a musician's music can never be fettered, for it lives first in her heart and mind.

    Music | Heart | Stone


    One expected growth, change; without it, the world was less, the well of inspiration dried up, the muses fled.

    Change | Growth | Expected


    Not everything has to mean something. Some things just are.


    As far as I'm concerned, the only difference between fact and what most people call fiction is about fifteen pages in the dictionary.

    Difference | Dictionary | Far


    It's good to have mysteries. It reminds us that there's more to the world than just making do and having a bit of fun.

    Good | Mysteries | Reminds


    I want to touch the heart of the world and make it smile.

    Smile | Heart | Touch


    The few wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them.

    Sight | Wonders | Few


    The road leading to a goal does not separate you from the destination; it is essentially a part of it.

    Road | Goal | Leading


    When one of my characters becomes aware of a magical element, it might be because the world is wider than we assume it to be, but it might also be a reminder to pay attention to what is here already, hidden only because it's been forgotten.

    Attention | Hidden | Pay


    Without mysteries, life would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive for if everything were known?

    Life | Strive | Left


    A long time ago a bunch of people reached a general consensus as to what's real and what's not and most of us have been going along with it ever since.

    Time | Along | Consensus


       

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