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Emma Holtrust August 28, 2014

We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect. -- Anaïs Nin

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“That is part of the beauty of literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you’re not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.”

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