An idea might spark an essay, but never a story. ✨ A Long Time Coming.…

Amy Hempel
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An idea might spark an essay, but never a story. ✨ A Long Time Coming. Interview with Rob Hart, chuckpalahniuk.net. August 27, 2008.
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The worst of it is over now, and I can't say that I am glad. Lose that sense of loss—you have gone and lost something else. But the body moves toward health. The mind, too, in steps. One step at a ti … ▶
I thought, my love is so good, why isn't it calling the same thing back. ✨ Amy Hempel, Rick Moody (2007). The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel, p.18, Simon and Schuster
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An idea might spark an essay, but never a story. ✨ A Long Time Coming. Interview with Rob Hart, chuckpalahniuk.net. August 27, 2008.

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