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Every man is the author of his own life.
Paul Auster
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Paul Auster
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: February 3
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It became a habit of mine never to leave the house without a pencil in my pocket.
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But lost chances are as much a part of life as chances taken, and a story cannot dwell on what might have been.
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We hear things, but we can't always see them, or, even if we do see them, we're not sure that we're seeing correctly. Hence: Invisible.
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