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Eric Jeitner is a writer and librarian. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife and cat.

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“For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.”
― Carl Sagan

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“All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”
― Samuel Beckett, Worstward Ho

tags: failure, perseverance

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“Like a wind crying endlessly through the universe, Time carries away the names and the deeds of conquerors and commoners alike. And all that we were, all that remains, is in the memories of those who cared we came this way for a brief moment.”
― Harlan Ellison

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“I like presenting ambiguous situations. It seems to me a great part of our inner and outer lives are ambiguous, if we're honest about it. Maybe I'm a realist, in that respect.”
― Eric Basso

tags: ambiguity-in-literature, life

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“The trick is not becoming a writer. The trick is staying a writer.”
― Harlan Ellison, Strange Wine

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