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A novel is what you dream in your night sleep. A novel is not waking thoughts although it is written and thought with waking thoughts.
Gertrude Stein
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Gertrude Stein
Age: 72 †
Born: 1874
Born: February 3
Died: 1946
Died: July 27
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I am I because my little dog knows me but, creatively speaking the little dog knowing that you are you and your recognising that he knows, that is what destroys creation. That is what makes school.
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Before the flowers of friendship faded friendship faded.
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