If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writin…

Anais Nin
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If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write, because our culture has no use for it. ✨ Woman as Writer by Jeannette L. Webber and Joan Grumman, (p. 38), 1978.
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If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write, because our culture has no use for it. ✨ Woman as Writer by Jeannette L. Webber and Joan Grumman, (p. 38), 1978.

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