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Writers dream of sentences that sail through the waters of thought. We try to control their shape and size, and we struggle to let them glide, rather than thrash at sea.

Constance Hale

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Constance Hale
Age: 54
Journalist
Writer
Waialua
Hawaii
Shapes
Thought
Sea
Thrash
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Writers
Glide
Struggle
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