I have never sought the reason why I write.
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Those who live in a world of human beings can only retrace their steps.
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. . . what is hidden beneath the interior monologue an immense profusion of sensations, images, sentiments, memories, impulses, little larval actions that no inner language can convey, that jostle one another on the threshold of consciousness. . .
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Suspicion is one of the morbid reactions by which an organism defends itself and seeks another equilibrium.
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One can't write without having read - you have to read before beginning to write - and universities offer a very good opportunity to read.
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One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry.
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