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Writing a book is like masturbation, and making a movie is like an orgy.

— Clive Barker

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“Believe nothing,” Apolline advised. “This woman wouldn’t know the truth if it fucked her.”

Weaveworld (1987)

True joy is a profound remembering; and true grief the same.

Weaveworld (1987)

Non-fiction contains facts, fiction contains truth.

Life and wisdom. What more could anybody ask?

Weaveworld (1987)

What can be imagined—
—need never be lost.

Weaveworld (1987)

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Francis Bacon Meditationes sacræ (1597)

It is not in the books of the Philosophers, but in the religious symbolism of the Ancients, that we must look for the footprints of Science, and re-discover the Mysteries of Knowledge.

Albert Pike Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871)

There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 (1953)

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Logan Pearsall Smith Afterthoughts (1931)

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