Quote #36
It seemed to me that I had no right to burn a book I hadn't even read.
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- The only thing I can talk about is the cold because it is the only thing going on today.
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- I have a faint idea what it is like to be alive.
- If you can't write a decent short story because of the cold, write something else. Write anything. Write a long letter to somebody.
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