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You know, up until later on today, I never really knew how to drink.

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What it takes to survive out here is order, I realize and say to myself, 'Divide the day into equal periods. See this travel alarm? You get up, don your uniform, move according to the bell.'

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Something else that makes me angry is that I got too old to prostitute myself. I wasn't going to anyway but it was there, it was my Z plan.

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Mary Robison

Mary Robison

Born: January 14, 1949 (age 76)
Bio: Mary Cennamo Robison is an American short story writer and novelist. She has published four collections of stories, and four novels, including her 2001 novel Why Did I Ever, winner of the 2001 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for fiction.
Known for:
  1. Why did I ever (2001)
  2. One D.O.A., One on the Way (2009)
  3. An amateur's guide to the night (1983)
  4. Tell me (2002)

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