

“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious. The latter procedure, however, is disagreeable and therefore not popular.”
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“Imperfection inspires invention, imagination, creativity. It stimulates. The more I feel imperfect, the more I feel alive.”
― In Other Words
― In Other Words

“What is a Wanderess? Bound by no boundaries, contained by no countries, tamed by no time, she is the force of nature’s course.”
― The Wanderess
― The Wanderess

“To think that realistic fiction is by definition superior to imaginative fiction is to think imitation is superior to invention.”
― The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader and the Imagination
― The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader and the Imagination
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