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If you need something from somebody always give that person a way to hand it to you.
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relationships
empowerment
life
subtlety
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Sue Monk Kidd |
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"The man once wrote: Tolkien had that one mostly right. I stepped forward, let the door bang closed, and snarled, "Fuck subtle."
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tolkien
humor
subtlety
harry-dresden
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Jim Butcher |
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If you don't want to be noticed, you don't use a Star Destroyer.
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subtlety
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Timothy Zahn |
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"We can do subtle," I assured her. "It's our middle name," Andrea added. For some odd reason Rene didn't look convinced."
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rene
kate
subtlety
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Ilona Andrews |
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Bookish people, who are often maladroit people, persist in thinking they can master any subtlety so long as it's been shaped into acceptable expository prose.
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reading
books
subtlety
readers
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Carol Shields |
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The subtlest lie of all is the full truth.
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truth
untruth
paradox
subtlety
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Michael Moorcock |
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Atmosphere, not action, is the great desideratum of weird fiction. Indeed, all that a wonder story can ever be is a vivid picture of a certain type of human mood. The moment it tries to be anything else it becomes cheap, puerile, and unconvincing. Prime emphasis should be given to subtle suggestion - imperceptible hints and touches of selective associative detail which express shadings of mood and build up a vague illusion of the strange reality of the unreal. Avoid bald catalogues of incredible happenings which can have no substance or meaning apart from a sustaining cloud of colour and symbolism.
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fiction
weird-fiction
subtlety
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H.P. Lovecraft |
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He said that it was very difficult to become an astronaut. I said that I knew. You had to become an officer in the air force and you had to take lots of orders and be prepared to kill other human beings, and I couldn't take orders. Also I didn't have 20/20 vision, which you needed to be a pilot.
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subtlety
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Mark Haddon |
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Persuasion is a strong but subdued outrider.
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leadership
timing
subtlety
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Harold Bloom |
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Sublime, close at hand but mysterious With the living silence of the rose.
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passion
subtlety
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