“I resent your calling this a silly myth. I made the myth and it is not silly; charming rather.”

Source: Space Chantey (1968), Ch. 6
Context: I am Aeaea. To my notion there is no other lady anywhere. And I resent your calling this a silly myth. I made the myth and it is not silly; charming rather. Well, come along, come along! You are my things now, and you will come when I call you.

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American writer 1914–2002

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