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Jean
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Could it have been anyone, or was it destiny? When I’m considering this I find it helpful to quote the wisdom of my father, who once told me, “Who knows why the fuck anything happens?”
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“Make it dark, make it grim, make it tough, but then, for the love of God, tell a joke.”
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“I opened a book and in I strode. Now nobody can find me.”
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“I had the epiphany that laughter was light, and light was laughter, and that this was the secret of the universe.”
― The Goldfinch
― The Goldfinch
“A short story is a different thing altogether – a short story is like a quick kiss in the dark from a stranger.”
― Skeleton Crew
― Skeleton Crew
“In the planning stage of a book, don't plan the ending. It has to be earned by all that will go before it.”
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