It seemed to me at an early age that all human communication - whether it's TV, movies, or … - Robert R. McCammon

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[On her 101-year-old sister and herself, at 103:] We have a lot to do. . . People don't understand this. They think we're sitting around in rocking chairs, which isn't at all true. Why, we don't even own a rocking chair.

Robert R. McCammon

It seemed to me at an early age that all human communication - whether it's TV, movies, or books - begins with somebody wanting to tell a story. That need to tell, to plug into a universal socket, is probably one of our grandest desires. And the need to hear stories, to live lives other than our own for even the briefest moment, is the key to the magic that was born in our bones.

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