Every book has an intrinsic impossibility, which its writer discovers …

Annie Dillard
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Every book has an intrinsic impossibility, which its writer discovers as soon as his first excitement dwindles. ✨ Write Till You Drop. www.nytimes.com. May 28, 1989.
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Every book has an intrinsic impossibility, which its writer discovers as soon as his first excitement dwindles. ✨ Write Till You Drop. www.nytimes.com. May 28, 1989.

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