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> [Writing a novel is an act of self-annihilation as much as self-discovery. You can kill whole appetites and flood whole depths while plumbing them, but if you are serious about it you also get to put something into the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-o-hagan/writing-a-novel-is-an-act-of-self-annihilation-as-much-as-self/)

[Andrew O'Hagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-o-hagan/)

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> [Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anton-chekhov/calculating-selfishness-is-the-annihilation-of-self/)

[Anton Chekhov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anton-chekhov/)

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