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“Children of course are monstrously conventional, repelled at once by whatever is off-center, out of whack, unmanageable. And being an only child I had been coddled a good deal (also scolded). I was awkward, precocious, timid, full of my private rituals and aversions.”
― Too Much Happiness: Stories
― Too Much Happiness: Stories

“I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end.”
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“You are the finest, loveliest, tenderest, and most beautiful person I have ever known—and even that is an understatement.”
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“If people are well paid for reality television and cotton candy and dunking a basketball, why can't they be well paid for changing young minds?”
― One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories
― One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories
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