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I love going to writers' colonies in pastoral settings where there's nothing to do, but either walk around or read a book or work on your book.
Andrew Sean Greer
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Andrew Sean Greer
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: November 5
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It may be a childish torment, but we do not get to choose our demons.
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So tell me gentleman, tell me the time and place where it was easy to be a woman.
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How hollow to have no secrets left you shake yourself and nothing rattles. You're boneless as an anemone.
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