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She pictured the anthropology of her life like layers of shale, jagged and delicate, crumbling, but all, fundamentally, indistinguishable shades of gray.
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
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“Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.”
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“Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.”
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“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
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“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
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National Book Awards - Fiction
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This Goodreads book club will read all the books that have received a National Book Award - Fiction. We will start with the first book awarded in 1950 ...more
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