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Because I'm Not Writing All The Time (thank Goodness), My Mind Is Sometimes Pleasantly Blank.
-Lydia Davis
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Because I'm Not Writing All The Time
Lydia Davis
Because I'm Not Writing All The Time (thank Goodness), My Mind Is Sometimes Pleasantly Blank.
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