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Literature is my sandbox. In it I play, build my forts and castles, spend glorious time. It is the world outside that box that gives me trouble. I hav...more

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I also understand that you have to lie to yourself to survive in a bad marriage, you have to delude yourself if you want to carry on in this life.

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We rarely consider that we're also formed by the decisions we didn't make, by events that could have happened but didn't, or by our lack of choices, f...more

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By remaining constrained in one's environment or country or family, one has little chance of being other than the original prescription. By leaving, o...more

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How can I expect readers to know who I am if I do not tell them about my family, my friends, the relationships in my life? Who am I if not where I fit...more