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> [She realized as a girl of eight that if she sat down and wrote her stories, she could escape the parts of life she didn't like, embroider the parts she did and thus control the life she had.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dudley-clendinen/she-realized-as-a-girl-of-eight-that-if-she-sat-down-and-wrote-her/)

Dudley Clendinen

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## More by Dudley Clendinen

> [She realized as a girl of eight that if she sat down and wrote her stories, she could escape the parts of life she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dudley-clendinen/she-realized-as-a-girl-of-eight-that-if-she-sat-down-and-wrote-her/)

Dudley Clendinen

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