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Parents should leave books lying around marked "forbidden" if they want their children to read.
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Interview with Amanda Craig, "Grand dame of letters who's not going quietly," The Times, London (23 November 2003)

 

Doris Lessing

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Truth Detector Here
Listen up, children. A law that prohibits the sale of an adult game to a kid does not "stifle creativity." It stifles child molestation. Big freaking difference.
There goes VGVN lying again. They say they want parents involved in this process, yet they want the "right" to sell a mature game to a kid with no parent in sight.
Liars.
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Jack Thompson

 

Life doesn't happen in chapters — at least, not regular ones. Nor do movies. Homer didn't write in chapters. I can see what their purpose is in children's books ("I'll read to the end of the chapter, and then you must go to sleep") but I'm blessed if I know what function they serve in books for adults.

 

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