"I'm not writing for the sheer joy of writing; so many things have happened to me that I must write if I am not to lose my reason. (...) For I am frightened. Fear creeps up on me from all sides, and I don't want to wait until it gets to me and overpowers me. I shall write until darkness falls, and this new, unfamilliar work should make my mind tired, empty and drowsy."
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