Clay Young
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“Some people need a red carpet rolled out in front of them in order to walk forward into friendship. They can't see the tiny outstretched hands all around them, everywhere, like leaves on trees.”
― No One Belongs Here More Than You
― No One Belongs Here More Than You
“The struggle of literature is in fact a struggle to escape from the confines of language; it stretches out from the utmost limits of what can be said; what stirs literature is the call and attraction of what is not in the dictionary.”
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“Keeing busy" is the remedy for all the ills in America. It's also the means by which the creative impulse is destroyed.”
― The Journal of Joyce Carol Oates: 1973-1982
― The Journal of Joyce Carol Oates: 1973-1982
“The key to good decision making is not knowledge. It is understanding. We are swimming in the former. We are desperately lacking in the latter.”
― Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
― Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
“I never change, I simply become more myself.”
― Solstice
― Solstice
Q&A with Margaret Atwood
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Clay’s 2025 Year in Books
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