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There's a kind of virgin one only becomes with difficulty.

Marian Engel / Novelist
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There's a kind of virgin one only becomes with difficulty.

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There is a difference between art and life and that difference is readability.

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Happiness is a fragile thing, and alcohol, as I know from the house I grew up in, is dangerous to it.

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I have tried and failed to lead a conventional life. When I try to be like other people, I fall out of bed.

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The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and untrue at the same time.

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