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“ I had never seen such sorrow; it appalled me. And I was even more appalled by her attempts to overcome it, because they so plainly, pathetically failed and in failing opened up a view of the world I had only begun to suspect, where wounds did not heal, and things did not work out for the best ”

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The beauty of a fragment is that it still supports the hope of brilliant completeness.

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I'm a survivor, I said. But I didn't think that claim would carry much weight in an obituary.

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a true piece of writing is a dangerous thing. It can change your life.

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There are very few professions in which people just sit down and think hard for five or six hours a day all by themselves. Of course it's why you want to become a writer — because you have the liberty to do that, but once you have the liberty you also have the obligation to do it.

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