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My decision to start a new one is just that, a decision, since I never get inspirations.

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Anne Tyler
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 25
Librarian
Novelist
Short Story Writer
Writer
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Decision
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Literature
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(About parenting:) ... all that tedium, broken up by little spurts of high drama.
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People imagine that missing a loved one works kind of like missing cigarettes,' he said. 'The first day is really hard but the next day is less hard and so forth, easier and easier the longer you go on. But instead it's like missing water. Every day, you notice the person's absence more.
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I've always thought a hotel ought to offer optional small animals. I mean a cat to sleep on your bed at night, or a dog of some kind to act pleased when you come in. You ever notice how a hotel room feels so lifeless?
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Just because we're related doesn't mean we are any good at understanding each other.
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But if you never did anything you couldn't undo you'd end up doing nothing at all.
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