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Mating

by Norman Rush

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Hyperion oder Der Eremit in Griechenland

by Friedrich Hölderlin

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“The people who were content with each other spoke as little as those who bristled with resentment or boredom; it was the rhythm of their speech that differed, like a lazy tennis ball batted back and forth or the quick swattings of a fly. *”
― Lucia Berlin, A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories

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“What Kafka said: I write to close my eyes.”
― Jenny Offill, Dept. of Speculation

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“I exaggerate a lot and I get fiction and reality mixed up, but I don't actually ever lie.”
― Lucia Berlin, A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories

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“What would it be like to make it so late into life before trouble hit? To always have someone on the front porch, calling you to dinner? The husband doesn’t have even a touch of this raised-by-wolvesness.”
― Jenny Offill, Dept. of Speculation

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“There was panic in my eyes. I looked into my own eyes and back down at my hands. Horrid age spots, two scars. Un-Indian, nervous, lonely hands. I could see children and men and gardens in my hands.”
― Lucia Berlin, A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories

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