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

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

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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.

The Empire of Ice Cream (2006)

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)

The lion is fur, muscle, tendon, claw, and speed, five important ingredients of the unfathomable.

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