There is no doubt that I have lots of words inside me; but at moments,…

John Updike
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There is no doubt that I have lots of words inside me; but at moments, like rush-hour traffic at the mouth of a tunnel, they jam. ✨ John Updike (2012). Self-Consciousness: Memoirs, p.80, Random House
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