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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.
Ali Smith
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Ali Smith
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: January 1
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Then I saw her smile so close to my eye that there was nothing to see but the smile and the thought came into my head that I’d never been inside a smile before. Who’d have thought being inside a smile would be so ancient and so modern both at once
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All we are is eyes looking for the unbroken or the edges where the broken bits might fit each other.
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