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You can't know what a book is about until the very end. This is true of a book we're reading or writing.

Lynda Barry

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Lynda Barry
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: January 2
Cartoonist
Comics Artist
University Teacher
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This ability to exist in pieces is what some adults call resilience. And I suppose in some way it is a kind of resilience, a horrible resilience that makes adults believe children forget trauma.
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I used to live a very social life and never spend much solitary time looking at birds or reading.
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I live in constant fear of being fired or dropped for that dark part of my work I can't control.
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I look crazy. I know I do. Been true since I was a kid!
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