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As Joan Didion so famously said, “I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see, and what it means. What I want and what I fear.”
“I guess no true Bostonian would trust a place that was sunny and pleasant all the time. But a gritty, perpetually cold and gloomy neighborhood? Throw in a couple of Dunkin’ Donuts locations, and I’m right at home.”
― The Sword of Summer
― The Sword of Summer
“Outside the windows the day was bright: golden sunshine, blue sky, pleasant wind . . . I wanted to punch the happy day in the face, grab it by the hair, and beat it until it told me what the hell it was so happy about.”
― Magic Rises
― Magic Rises
“I've had the sort of day that would make St. Francis of Assisi kick babies.”
― The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
― The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
“But I am very poorly today & very stupid & I hate everybody & everything. One lives only to make blunders.”
― The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Volume 9: 1861
― The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Volume 9: 1861
“I’ve had the kind of bad day no quote can fix.”
― Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
― Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
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