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All my writing is about the recognition that there is no single reality. But the beauty of it is that you nevertheless go on, walking towards utopia, which may not exist, on a bridge which might end before you reach the other side.
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When you have examined all the illusions of life and know that there isn't any reality, but you nevertheless go on, then you are a mature human being. You accept the idea that it is all mask and illusion and that people are in disguise. You see the crumbl
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Every heart is the other heart. Every soul is the other soul. Every face is the other face. The individual is the one illusion.
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I believe that all my work explores the human desire or obsession for utopias, and the structure of all my works is the search for utopias lost and rediscovered.
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Marguerite Young
Born:
August 26, 1908
Died:
November 17, 1995
(aged 87)
Bio:
Marguerite Vivian Young was an American writer and academic. She is best known for her novel Miss MacIntosh, My Darling. In her later years, she was known for teaching creative writing and as a mentor to young authors.
Known for:
Miss MacIntosh, My Darling (1965)
Angel in the forest (1945)
Harp Song for a Radical
Inviting the muses (1994)
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