Quote by William T. Vollmann

““those T-34s? Better not to look! I see you shining, my beloved, chaotic, all-knowing, heartless Russia. Stalin’s daughter Svetlana wrote that.””

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Just for the hell of it, try to love someone as unlike you as possible.

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Don't write for money.

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