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We don't have a unitary society anymore, you know it's very fragmented. I look up and down my block in Silverlake and there is a different universe in every house.

Janet Fitch

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Janet Fitch
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: November 9
Author
Journalist
Novelist
University Teacher
Writer
LA
California
Janet Elizabeth Fitch
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she’s not as pretty as you,” I said “But she’s a simpler girl,” my mother whispered.
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A novel is like a dream in which everyone is you. They’re all parts of yourself.
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I could hear the icy winds of Sweden, but he didn't seem to feel the chill.
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I couldn't imagine owning beauty like my mothers. I wouldn't dare.
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