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d64fb33	Why would anyone want to be God?" he asked. "It's a terrible occupation."		Jane Yolen
aa4a83c	Could it be that humans had an infinite capacity to make themselves at home in the direst of situations? Or did one just adjust expectations downward, so as to be able to get through each day?		Jane Yolen
6c4264e	Mag thought,		Jane Yolen
1dc590f	No one sees her of course. She doesn't exist unless you count bad dreams. Yet still she flies,		Jane Yolen
8fd2ec8	Words shouldn't be dirty or clean But definitely sweet, On the tongue, in the mind.	poetry	Jane Yolen
e4133e4	She's gone on that long road into adulthood from which none of us returns.		Jane Yolen
06badba	The Baba gives me paper, and a pen that sputters ink. Write, she says, tell the true Though you may have to lie to do it.		Jane Yolen
08e48fd	How can this be, this great magic, that makes real the unreal, the not-actual into a kind of factless fictual, turns lies into the True? Don't ask me, for I am new at this work, new at telling my own truth. All I can start with is Once Upon A Time, that oldest and truest of lies.		Jane Yolen
db3018d	Fiction is like wrestling with angels-you do not expect to win, but you do expect to come away from the experience changed.	reading fiction writing	Jane Yolen
30bce1f	War is our backyard, famine our feast. Most fear the wind of our wings and even, in their hurt, pray for life. Only a few, a very few, truly pray for death. But we answer all their prayers with the same coin.	metaphor descriptive-writing	Jane Yolen
d74c94b	Hans was never good at giving proper answers. He always had different answers in his head, odd answers, answers that his teachers and his parents and his grandmother and even his crazy grandfather seemed to think were wrong. But they weren't answers, they were just answers. He wondered suddenly what the Ice Maiden would do if he gave a wrong answer. And, thinking this, he found he couldn't open his mouth at all.		Jane Yolen
c623bec	You see, my dear ice witch, I have had the love of from all over the world because of my stories. A child's love is the perfect love, for it is given with a whole heart. That love will outlast me a hundredfold. And it will outlast you as well.		Jane Yolen
a44db17	Laughter in the face of certain death? It is the very definition of the Hero," said the White Queen. "The Jabberwock knew it and therefore could no longer move against you."		Jane Yolen
94346cb	WHEN I'M GOOD, I'M VERY GOOD. BUT WHEN I'M BAD, I'M BETTER."--Mae West in I'm No Angel"		Jane Yolen
3646276	Fifteen years can be a long or a short time, depending upon whether one is immortal or not.		Jane Yolen
0ab5b43	Madness also makes folks uneasy; they fear contagion.		Jane Yolen
073362a	For what was art, she thought, but the heart and soul made visible.		Jane Yolen
75fa9ca	There is no liar like the one who lies to himself. He has a fool indeed for an audience.		Jane Yolen
61b9f67	I'll drive. You navigate." He grinned. "I judge people by how well they read maps."		Jane Yolen
64ad862	Time may heal wounds, but it does not erase the scars.		Jane Yolen
700d849	She hated to lie but she hated arguments even more.		Jane Yolen
fbb38d9	Wars do not make heroes of everyone.		Jane Yolen
1d5aea6	Wars may make heroes of men, but not all the time.		Jane Yolen

Why would anyone want to be God?" he asked. "It's a terrible occupation."

Jane Yolen

aa4a83c

Could it be that humans had an infinite capacity to make themselves at home in the direst of situations? Or did one just adjust expectations downward, so as to be able to get through each day?

Jane Yolen

6c4264e

Mag thought,

Jane Yolen

1dc590f

No one sees her of course. She doesn't exist unless you count bad dreams. Yet still she flies,

Jane Yolen

8fd2ec8

Words shouldn't be dirty or clean But definitely sweet, On the tongue, in the mind.

poetry

Jane Yolen

e4133e4

She's gone on that long road into adulthood from which none of us returns.

Jane Yolen

06badba

The Baba gives me paper, and a pen that sputters ink. Write, she says, tell the true Though you may have to lie to do it.

Jane Yolen

08e48fd

How can this be, this great magic, that makes real the unreal, the not-actual into a kind of factless fictual, turns lies into the True? Don't ask me, for I am new at this work, new at telling my own truth. All I can start with is Once Upon A Time, that oldest and truest of lies.

Jane Yolen

db3018d

Fiction is like wrestling with angels-you do not expect to win, but you do expect to come away from the experience changed.

reading fiction writing

Jane Yolen

30bce1f

War is our backyard, famine our feast. Most fear the wind of our wings and even, in their hurt, pray for life. Only a few, a very few, truly pray for death. But we answer all their prayers with the same coin.

metaphor descriptive-writing

Jane Yolen

d74c94b

Hans was never good at giving proper answers. He always had different answers in his head, odd answers, answers that his teachers and his parents and his grandmother and even his crazy grandfather seemed to think were wrong. But they weren't answers, they were just answers. He wondered suddenly what the Ice Maiden would do if he gave a wrong answer. And, thinking this, he found he couldn't open his mouth at all.

Jane Yolen

c623bec

You see, my dear ice witch, I have had the love of from all over the world because of my stories. A child's love is the perfect love, for it is given with a whole heart. That love will outlast me a hundredfold. And it will outlast you as well.

Jane Yolen

a44db17

Laughter in the face of certain death? It is the very definition of the Hero," said the White Queen. "The Jabberwock knew it and therefore could no longer move against you."