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“I wrote 'Little Fires Everywhere' and sold the book in 2015, still the Obama years. The possibility of a Trump presidency was not on my radar.”

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“I have measured my life with coffee spoons and do I dare to eat a peach?' 'DO I DARE DISTURB THE UNIVERSE?”

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“No one, she had learned from experience, could stand such silence for long. If you waited long enough, someone would start talking, and more…

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“Though she would never quite articulate it this way, resentment began to sheathe concern. ANGER IS FEAR'S BODYGUARD, a poster in the hospital hard…

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Spend too much time alone with your own words, and your writing grows anemic, in dire need of a transfusion.

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“Everyone sees race, Lex," said Moody. "The only difference is who pretends not to.”

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