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I do think there's something when you have an unbroken day, and it feels like you and your attention can just be together like birds again and you can actually think and dream a little.

Karen Russell

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Karen Russell
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: July 10
Novelist
University Teacher
Writer
Miami
Florida
Little
Unbroken
Feels
Birds
Something
Bird
Think
Attention
Thinking
Actually
Like
Dream
Together
Littles

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