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"A formula can be a great way to get started. And it feels so great to finally dive into the water; maybe you splash around and flail for a while, but at least you're in. Then you start doing whatever stroke you can remember how to do, and you get this scared feeling inside of you- of how hard it is and how far there is to go- but you're still in, you're afloat, and you're moving."

For the record, the prologue is 32 (uncredited) pages long