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> [During the couple of years it took to write 'At The Bottom of Everything', I decided, on the sort of hopeful whim that occasionally overtakes me, to sign up for piano lessons.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-dolnick/during-the-couple-of-years-it-took-to-write-at-the-bottom-of/)

[Ben Dolnick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-dolnick/)

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