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Q: Why do I love thee, O Night? A: Because you know I will never answer.

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Vera Nazarian
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 25
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Moscow
Russian SFSR
Love
Enigma
Introspection
Thee
Answer
Quiet
Answers
Night
Never

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No waving of enchanted wands but heightened perception. No magic objects, but a transformed and enhanced reality. No spells or chants, but the raw power of the human will to enact supernatural change upon the universal fabric. This is the kind of magic that fills Lords of Rainbow - elemental, organic, humanistic - an extension of reality.
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Not every puzzle is intended to be solved. Some are in place to test your limits. Others are, in fact, not puzzles at all.
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Neither sugar nor salt tastes particularly good by itself. Each is at its best when used to season other things. Love is the same way. Use it to season people.
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Because without such a reprieve we cannot pause and regroup and with the newfound strength go on to initiate that very change which is sorely needed by all.
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A boomerang returns back to the person who throws it. But first, while moving in a circle, it hits its target. So does gossip.
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I tell the story to you now, but in each telling the story itself changes a little, changes direction, and that in turn changes you and me. So be very careful not only in how you repeat it but in how you remember it, goslings. More often than you realize it, the world is shaped by two things -- stories told and the memories they leave behind.
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Some people prefer eating dessert to the main course. These people have never been really hungry.
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I'll tell you a secret. Old storytellers never die. They disappear into their own story.
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There's a difference between playing and playing games. The former is an act of joy, the latter — an act.
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A wise person is like a smoothly polished rock: it takes time to become either.
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The nutcracker sits under the holiday tree, a guardian of childhood stories. Feed him walnuts and he will crack open a tale.
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I started to write. And I wrote and wrote all through high school.
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When tough times come, it is particularly important to offset them with much gentle softness. Be a pillow.
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When you reach for the stars, you are reaching for the farthest thing out there. When you reach deep into yourself, it is the same thing, but in the opposite direction. If you reach in both directions, you will have spanned the universe.
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Whenever you go on a trip to visit foreign lands or distant places, remember that they are all someone's home and backyard.
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I was forgetting that an artist also just stares at a piece of paper or canvas all day. It somehow never occurred to me to connect these two diverse creative modes.
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Passion and courtesy are two polar opposite traits that serve to balance each other into a full-blooded whole. Without socialization, passion is a crude barbarian, and without passion, the elegant and polite are dead. Allow both passion and courtesy into your life in equal measure, and be complete.
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