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We all act as hinges — fortuitous links between other people.
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There's a fearful term that's in fashion at the moment — closure. People apparently believe it is desirable and attainable.
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Giving presents is one of the most possessive things we do, did you realize that? It's the way we keep a hold on other people. Plant ourselves in their lives.
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We are walking lexicons. In a single sentence of idle chatter we preserve Latin, Anglo-Saxon, Norse; we carry a museum inside our heads, each day we commemorate peoples of whom we have never heard.
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If people don't read, that's their choice; a lifelong book habit may itself be some sort of affliction.
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Every word she writes is a lie, including 'and' and 'the'.
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March 17, 1933
(age 91)
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