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Halloween was close, our favorite holiday because it carried none of the pain-in-the-ass holiness of Christmas and still there was free candy.

— Jeffrey Ford The Empire of Ice Cream (2006)

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He kneels and prays to heaven but nothing happens.

The Fantasy Writer's Assistant and Other Stories (2002)

Nothing is more comforting to people than to have their certainties trumpeted back to them in bold, clear typeface.

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You are no more nor less than any man—a hungry heart and a wavering will.

Crackpot Palace (2012)

They’ve told so many lies in their lives that they’ve run out and can now tell only the truth.

Crackpot Palace (2012)

What good is the illusion of fiction if it cannot show us a way to become the people we need to be?

The Fantasy Writer's Assistant and Other Stories (2002)

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Most intellectual people do not believe in God, but they fear him just the same.

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