"I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear."
-Joan Didion
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"To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.“
-Joan Didion
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"Was it only by dreaming or writing that I could find out what I thought?"
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"I'm not sure I have the physical strength to undertake a novel."
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"Strength is one of those things you're supposed to have. You don't feel that you have it at the time you're going through it."
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"Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its power."
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