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Thomas C. Foster quotes: The difference between being Achilles and almost being Achilles is the difference between living and dying.

The difference between being Achilles and almost being Achilles is the difference between living and dying.

Thomas C. Foster quotes: The real reason for quest is always self-knowledge.

The real reason for quest is always self-knowledge.

Thomas C. Foster quotes: Now, Joyce being Joyce, he has about five different purposes, one not being enough for genius.

Now, Joyce being Joyce, he has about five different purposes, one not being enough for genius.

Thomas C. Foster quotes: Everywhere you look, the ground is already camped on. So you sigh and pitch your tent where you can, knowing someone else has been there before.

Everywhere you look, the ground is already camped on. So you sigh and pitch your tent where you can, knowing someone else has been there before.

Thomas C. Foster quotes: There is only one story.

There is only one story.

Thomas C. Foster quotes: When it's over, we may feel wooed, adored, appreciated, or abused, but it will have been an affair to remember.

When it's over, we may feel wooed, adored, appreciated, or abused, but it will have been an affair to remember.

Thomas C. Foster quotes: Ghosts and vampires are never only about ghosts and vampires.

Ghosts and vampires are never only about ghosts and vampires.

Thomas C. Foster quotes: Reading ... is a full-contact sport; we crash up against the wave of words with all of our intellectual, imaginative, and emotional resources.

Reading ... is a full-contact sport; we crash up against the wave of words with all of our intellectual, imaginative, and emotional resources.

Thomas C. Foster quotes: Reading is an activity of the imagination, and the imagination in question is not the writer's alone.

Reading is an activity of the imagination, and the imagination in question is not the writer's alone.

Thomas C. Foster quotes: Whenever people eat or drink together, it's communion.

Whenever people eat or drink together, it's communion.

Thomas C. Foster quotes: If to get to the finish line the hero must walk over a sea of bodies, then so be it. He can die at said line, but he's got to

If to get to the finish line the hero must walk over a sea of bodies, then so be it. He can die at said line, but he's got to get there.

Thomas C. Foster quotes: The real reason for a quest is always self-knowledge.

The real reason for a quest is always self-knowledge.

Thomas C. Foster quotes: We accept fictions as fictions, as things that might be true in their world, if not quite in ours.

We accept fictions as fictions, as things that might be true in their world, if not quite in ours.

Thomas C. Foster quotes: If a story is no good, being based on Hamlet won't save it.

If a story is no good, being based on Hamlet won't save it.

Thomas C. Foster quotes: Please note, I am not suggesting that illicit drugs are required to break down social barriers.

Please note, I am not suggesting that illicit drugs are required to break down social barriers.

Thomas C. Foster quotes: Don't wait for writers to be dead to be read; the living ones can use the money.

Don't wait for writers to be dead to be read; the living ones can use the money.

Thomas C. Foster quotes: Rain falls on the just and the unjust alike.

Rain falls on the just and the unjust alike.

Thomas C. Foster quotes: Going After Cacciato

Going After Cacciato

Thomas C. Foster quotes: Everything is a symbol of something, it seems, until proven otherwise.

Everything is a symbol of something, it seems, until proven otherwise.

Thomas C. Foster quotes: Real people are made out of a whole lot of things - flesh, bone, blood, nerves, stuff like that. Literary people are made out of words.

Real people are made out of a whole lot of things - flesh, bone, blood, nerves, stuff like that. Literary people are made out of words.

Thomas C. Foster quotes: In a sense, every story or poem is a vacation.

In a sense, every story or poem is a vacation.

Thomas C. Foster quotes: A novel is a made-up work about made-up people in a made-up place, all of which is very real.

A novel is a made-up work about made-up people in a made-up place, all of which is very real.

Thomas C. Foster quotes: So what did you think the devil would look like? If he were red with a tail, horns, and cloven hooves, any fool could say no.

So what did you think the devil would look like? If he were red with a tail, horns, and cloven hooves, any fool could say no.

Thomas C. Foster quotes: Corollaries - where have I seen his face, don't I know that

Corollaries - where have I seen his face, don't I know that

Thomas C. Foster quotes: characters as rich and complex as those we believe ourselves to be

characters as rich and complex as those we believe ourselves to be

Thomas C. Foster quotes: Don't read with your eyes.

Don't read with your eyes.

Thomas C. Foster quotes: Memory. Symbol. Pattern. These are the three items that, more than any other, separate the professorial reader from the rest of the crowd.

Memory. Symbol. Pattern. These are the three items that, more than any other, separate the professorial reader from the rest of the crowd.

Thomas C. Foster quotes: History is story, too. You don't encounter her directly; you've only heard of her through narrative of one sort or another.

History is story, too. You don't encounter her directly; you've only heard of her through narrative of one sort or another.