Thinking Quotes by Theodora Goss

Theodora Goss

I talked on my blog recently about “uncommon sense.” Common sense is called “common” because it reflects cultural consensus. It’s common sense to get a good job and save for retirement. But I think we all also have an “uncommon sense,” an individual voice that tells us what we’re meant to do.

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Theodora Goss

I think part of my purpose in this life is to talk about magic, and to make it.

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If readers like The Thorn and the Blossom, which I would call literary fantasy, I think they would like books such as Elizabeth Hand’s Mortal Love, Catherynne Valente’s The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, and Kelly Link’s Stranger Things Happen.

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Theodora Goss

Perhaps it’s when you come to the realization that the point of life isn’t to be rich, or secure, or even to be loved – to be any of the things that people usually think is the point. The point of life is to live as deeply as possible, to experience fully. And that can be done in so many ways.

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Theodora Goss

When we tell stories about things that are important – love, fear, beauty – we change the way people think about the world. Writers are, or should be, truth-tellers even when the stories themselves are fantasy.

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Thinking Quotes by Theodora Goss

I think part of my purpose in this life is to talk about magic, and to make it.

If readers like The Thorn and the Blossom, which I would call literary fantasy, I think they would like books such as Elizabeth Hand’s Mortal Love, Catherynne Valente’s The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, and Kelly Link’s Stranger Things Happen.

Perhaps it’s when you come to the realization that the point of life isn’t to be rich, or secure, or even to be loved – to be any of the things that people usually think is the point. The point of life is to live as deeply as possible, to experience fully. And that can be done in so many ways.

When we tell stories about things that are important – love, fear, beauty – we change the way people think about the world. Writers are, or should be, truth-tellers even when the stories themselves are fantasy.

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