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A Swim in a Pond in the Rain

by George Saunders

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Nov 19, 2025 04:00AM

“Those Who Write Imaginatively Must Be Prepared to Face a Firing Squad

This is the poster on the door of "The Poetry School" where I teach. The famous dictum is short and clear, and it is also true.”
― Genichiro Takahashi, Sayonara, Gangsters

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“But there are none so frightened, or so strange in their fear, as conquerors. They conjure phantoms endlessly, terrified that their victims will someday do back what was done to them—even if, in truth, their victims couldn’t care less about such pettiness and have moved on. Conquerors live in dread of the day when they are shown to be, not superior, but simply lucky.”
― N.K. Jemisin, The Stone Sky

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