I can't write the book I want to write, but I can and will write the b…

Ann Patchett
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I can't write the book I want to write, but I can and will write the book I am capable of writing. ✨ Ann Patchett (2013). This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage, p.30, A&C Black
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