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Writing's funny, it's like walking down a hall in the dark looking for the light switch, and suddenly you find it, flip it on, and then you discover t...more

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What is suffering? I'm not sure what it is, but I know that suffering is the name we give to the origin of all the sighs, screams, and groans — small ...more

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We are breeding creatures incapable of surviving in any place other than the most artificial settings. We have focused the awesome power of modern gen...more

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God loves the plagiarist. And so it is written, 'God created humankind in His image, in the image of God He created them." God is the original plagiar...more

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She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separating its numerous strands, appreciating its subtle nuances. She was a prism through which ...more

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With writing, we have second chances.

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I realized that your mother couldn't see the emptiness, she couldn't see anything...All of the words I'd written to her over all of those years, had I...more

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A few weeks after the worst day, I started writing lots of letters. I don't know why, but it was one of the only things that made my boots lighter.