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5ad6c5f
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The rabbis paled. I'd managed to terrify holy men. Maybe I could beat up a nun for an encore.
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power-words
self-deprecating
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Ilona Andrews |
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edd10b5
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It is only people who are lacking, or bad, or inferior, who have to be good at things. You have always been full and perfect, so you had nothing to make up for.
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love
inspirational
self-deprecating
humility
wooing
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T.H. White |
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572c6d7
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A book can't be a half fantasy any more than a woman can be half pregnant.
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self-deprecating
literary-criticism
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David Mitchell |
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6c08273
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What surer sign is there that the creative aquifers are dry than a writer creating a writer-character?
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self-deprecating
literary-criticism
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David Mitchell |
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2a6306c
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Then the front doorbell (already too long delayed by my rambling narrative) rang.
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narrator
the-black-prince
iris-murdoch
self-deprecating
narrative
meta
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Iris Murdoch |