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Careful those who fight with monsters, that they might become monsters themeselves. — Roald Dahl

My mother said the bizarre name Raccoona had surely been inspired, at least on a subliminal level, by the masks raccoons don't wear but simply have - the ones given them by nature ... [S]he pointed out that Le Guin had suspected all along that Raccoona and Tiptree were two authors that came from the same source, but in a letter to Alice she wrote that she preferred Tiptree to Raccoona: 'Raccoona, I think, has less control, thus less wit and power.'
Le Guin, Mother said, had understood something deep. 'When you take on a male persona, something happens.'
When I asked her what that was, she sat back in her chair, waved her arm, and smiled. 'You get to be the father. — Siri Hustvedt

Wherever Mantle went in the great metropolis - Danny's Hideaway, the Latin Quarter, the '21' Club, the Stork Club, El Morocco, Toots Shor's - his preferred drink was waiting when he walked through the door. Reporters waited at his locker for monosyllabic bons mots. Boys clustered by the players' gate, hoping to touch him. — Jane Leavy

hallway, and into the loft. Beth helped Janae — Joyce Ann Brown

We know perfectly well that neither love nor peace of mind can be bought with any currency. — Andrei Tarkovsky

I fink it is a femuw. A femuw of a winowcowus ... A a-stinct winocowus. — Elizabeth Peters

There is something complete about Stevie Wonder, and one senses that he is not only exceptionally important today, but will continue to be for as long as he chooses. — Jon Landau

I cannot take back one word or action; the past does not change for anyone. — Charles Van Doren

Set a good example. Want to fuck yourself so that others want to fuck you too. — Heidi Julavits