Despair Quote by Raymond Carver

“Isak Dinesen said that she wrote a little every day, without hope and without despair. I like that.” quote by Raymond Carver — Download Open image

“Isak Dinesen said that she wrote a little every day, without hope and without despair. I like that.”

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