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- Yes, this is what I thought adulthood would be, a kind of long indian summer, a state of tranquility, of calm incuriousness, with nothing left…
- I shall strip away layer after layer of grime -- the toffee-colored varnish and caked soot left by a lifetime of dissembling -- until I…
- ...being alone with him was like being in a room which someone had just violently left
- All I wanted was to be left alone. They abhor a vacuum, other people. You find a quiet corner where you can hunker down in…
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