"The end of the world turned out to be something I preferred to fantasize about rather than experience."

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“The Boyett Style Guide: anything worth doing is worth overdoing ; anything worth saying is worth saying three times; leave no literary stone unturned; fill all cracks, paint all surfaces, and illuminate all dark corners; and whenever two or more metaphors are suitable, use them all. I never metaphor I didn’t like.”

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