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Happy is what you realize you are a fraction of a second before it's too late.
Ali Smith
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Ali Smith
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: January 1
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Nothing is harmful to literature except censorship, and that almost never stops literature going where it wants to go either, because literature has a way of surpassing everything that blocks it and growing stronger for the exercise.
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A good argument, like a good dialogue, is always a proof of life, but I'd much rather go and read a book.
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