I am thankful, of course, for the prize and thankful to God for each s…

Isaac Bashevis Singer
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I am thankful, of course, for the prize and thankful to God for each story, each idea, each word, each day. ✨ Isaac Bashevis Singer, Grace Farrell (1992). Isaac Bashevis Singer: Conversations, p.168, Univ. Press of Mississippi
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I am thankful, of course, for the prize and thankful to God for each story, each idea, each word, each day. ✨ Isaac Bashevis Singer, Grace Farrell (1992). Isaac Bashevis Singer: Conversations, p.168, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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