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Do you promise to hate my parents as much as I do?” “Oh, absolutely,” Quentin said. “Maybe even more.

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His whole personality was like an elaborate joke that he never stopped telling.
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Jokes Personality Whole
The real world is horrible.
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Horrible Real World
In a way fighting was just like using magic. You said the words, and they altered the universe. By merely speaking you could create damage and pain, cause tears to fall, drive people away, make yourself feel better, make your life worse.
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Damage Fall Fighting Merely Pain
He who completes a quest does not merely find something. He becomes something.
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Complete Merely Quest Something
I think for a long time, I was paralyzed by some of my hopes and ideals for what my life was going to be like. I had this perfect vision of how my life should go, but it seemed – it was – impossible to realize, so I sat around for a long, long time doing almost nothing at all.
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Long Perfect Thinking
I feel very conscious of my influences. T.H. White is very important for me.
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Important Influence White
The novel is a highly corrupt medium, after all – in the end the vast majority of them simply aren’t that great, and are destined to be forgotten.
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Destined Ends Forgotten Majority
You’re saying the gods don’t have free will.” “The power to make mistakes,” Penny said. “Only we have that. Mortals
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Choices Mistakes Pennies
The real problem with being around James was that he was always the hero. And what did that make you? Either the sidekick or the villain.
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Hero Real Sidekicks Villian
People – me included – want to get excited about books. Good books are a good thing.
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Book People Want
Do you promise to hate my parents as much as I do?” “Oh, absolutely,” Quentin said. “Maybe even more.
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Hate Parent Promise
I love playing with the conventions of fantasy, and breaking rules, and crossing lines.
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Breaking Crossing Line Lines Rules
A novel with a bad middle is a bad book. A bad ending is something I’ve just gotten in the habit of forgiving.
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Book Forgiving Habit
The truth doesn’t always make a good story, does it?
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The problem with growing up is that once you’re grown up, the people who aren’t grown up aren’t fun anymore.
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Fun Growing People Up
Careful what you hunt, lest you catch it.
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Careful Catch Hunts Lest

Do you promise to hate my parents as much as I do?” “Oh, absolutely,” Quentin said. “Maybe even more.

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