My father is a chemist, my mother was a homemaker. My parents instilled in us the feeling that learning was the most exciting thing that could happen to you, and it never ends.
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If they don't read, if they don't love reading; if they don't find themselves compulsively reading, I don't think they're really a writer.Rita Dove
Sometimesa word is found so right it tremblesat the slightest explanation.
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I prefer to explore the most intimate moments, the smaller, crystallized details we all hinge our lives on.
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