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Writers are outsiders, and usually not by their own choosing. It’s why they’re writers. If they didn’t feel alienated from human experience, they wouldn’t feel so drawn to writing to make sense of their lives. It’s not the outsider’s facility for language that makes her a writer — many a student body president or homecoming queen can turn a phrase… — Karen Karbo Copy Share
The truth about Chanel's bespoke femininity is that a woman can do or say whatever she wants as long as she's wearing pearls. — Karen Karbo Copy Share Image
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“Her secret? Loving her own life. Finding the things that came her way of immense interest and animating them. No matter what was going… — Karen Karbo Copy Share Image
“All of them thought Georgia was weird. Then and now, it takes nerve to be weird - and I mean genuinely out of step… — Karen Karbo Copy Share Image
The first draft is for YOU, the writer; the second and subsequent drafts are for the reader. Trying to do both things at once… — Karen Karbo Copy Share Image
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