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...he thought of dying as a kind of adventure, something new that he hadn't yet experienced. Like an unusual vacation trip.

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Anne Tyler
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 25
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Minneapolis
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I've always thought sleep was a wonderful invention. Not that being awake isn't nice too, of course. But when I get up in the morning, I think, boy, only fourteen more hours and I can be back to sleep again ... And I never dream, because it distracts my mind from pure sleeping.
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Mostly it's lies, writing novels. You set out to tell an untrue story and you try to make it believable, even to yourself. Which calls for details any good lie does.
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View your burden as a gift. It's the theme that has been given you to work with. Accept that and lean into it.
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