I have written letters that are failures, but I have written few, I th…

Amy Hempel
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I have written letters that are failures, but I have written few, I think, that are lies. Trying to reach a person means asking the same question over and over again: Is this the truth, or not? I begin this letter to you, then, in the western tradition. If I understand it, the western tradition is: Put your cards on the table. ✨ Amy Hempel (2006). The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel, p.233, Simon and Schuster
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