We who make stories know that we tell lies for a living. But they are good lies that say true things, and we owe it to our readers to build them as best we can. Because somewhere out there is someone who needs that story. Someone who will grow up with a different landscape, who without that story will be a different person. And who with that story may have hope, or wisdom, or kindness, or comfort.
And that is why we write.
And that is why we write.
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| — | Neil Gaiman in his Newbery Medal Acceptance Speech, The Graveyard Book. (via incandenza) |
Where does it all lead? What will become of us? These were our young questions, and young answers were revealed.
It leads to each other. We become ourselves.
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| — | Patti Smith, from Just Kids (via lotusohm) |
