Stories Are Part of the Language of Dream
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"But there's always going to be stories," Wendy said... "There are more books being published today than there ever have been in the history of the world."
The conjure man gave her a sour frown and hooked his thumb towards the library again. "Now you sound like him."
"But--"
"There's stories and then there's stories," he said, interrupting her. "The ones with any worth change your life forever, perhaps only in a small way, but once you've heard them, they are forever a part of you. You nurture them and pass them on and the giving only makes you feel better.
"The others are just words on a page."
"I know that," Wendy said...
"It's all machines now," the conjure man went on. "It's a--what do they call it?--high tech world. Fascinating, to be sure, but John thinks that it estranges many people, cheapens the human experience. There's no more room for the stories that matter, and that's wrong, for stories are part of the language of dream.
"They grow not from one writer, but from a people. They become the voice of a country, or a race. Without them, people lose touch with themselves."
--The Conjure Man, by Charles de Lint
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amen....
the spoken word is one thing...but how can you remember it...unless its written.
Da Luvely Lady L.
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