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When your rage is choking you, it is best to say nothing.

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Change is the one unavoidable, irresistible, ongoing reality of the universe. To us, that makes it the most powerful reality, and just another word for God. Earthseed: The Books of the Living Lauren Oya Olamina
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No... a novel is a long business. I'm a slow writer, even when I'm doing very well I write slowly.
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