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Simply do something else and return to it later to find the problem wasn't a problem at all. Ruptures almost always lead to a stronger project.
Anne Carson
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Anne Carson
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: June 21
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The words we read and words we write never say exactly what we mean. The people we love are never just as we desire them. The two symbola never perfectly match. Eros is in between.
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My religion makes no sense and does not help me therefore I pursue it.
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Consider incompleteness as a verb.
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