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Plain Quotes by Anne Tyler
- I write because I want more than one life; I insist on a wider selection. It's greed, plain and simple.
- She saw herself riding in the passenger seat, Sam behind the wheel. Like two of those little peg people in a toy car. Husband peg,…
- I write because I want more than one life; I insist on a wider selection. It’s greed, plain and simple. When my characters join the…
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