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The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman.
<p>This is one of my all time favorite recent fantasy novels.Does anyone read fantasy/sci fi and have any recommendations? 'Nobody looks like what they really are on the inside. You dont. I dont. People are much more complicated than that. Its true of everybody.' I said, 'Are you a monster? Like Ursula Monkton?'Lettie threw a pebble into the pond. 'I dont think so,' she said. 'Monsters come in all shapes and sizes, Some of them are things people are scared of. Some of them are things that look like things people used to be scared of a long time ago. Sometimes monsters are things people should be scared of, but they arent.' I said, 'People should be scared of Ursula Monkton.' 'P'raps. What do you think Ursula Monkton is scared of?' 'Dunno. Why do you think she's scared of anything? She's a grown-up, isn't she? Grown-ups and monsters aren't scared of things.' Oh, monsters are scared," said Lettie. "Thats why theyre monsters. And as for grown-ups...' She stopped talking, rubbed her freckled nose with a finger. Then, 'I'm going to tell you something important. Grown-ups don't look like grown-ups on the inside either. Outside, theyre big and thoughtless and they always know what they're doing. Inside, they look just like they always have. Like they did when they were your age. Truth is, there arent any grown-ups. Not one,in the whole wide world.<img src="http://i.imgur.com/LYlEX2Y.jpg" alt="" width="496" height="474" /></p>
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11 years ago
Great choice LB. I really love anything by Gaiman.