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> [My own habit had always been to write about the things that ticked me off in a given day. If I kept a journal at all, I kept it to vent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ariel-gore/my-own-habit-had-always-been-to-write-about-the-things-that-ticked-me/)

[Ariel Gore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ariel-gore/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fc/ariel-gore-16108_given_my-own-habit-had-always-been-to-write-ab_188428.png)

> [I've always written. There's a journal which I kept from about 9 years old. The man who gave it to me lived across the street from the store and kept it when my grandmother's papers were destroyed. I'd written some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/i-ve-always-written-there-s-a-journal-which-i-kept-from-about-9-years/)

[Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/)

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