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Guilt kept me going. It was impossible not to blame myself for what had happened, but even guilt was a comfort. It was a human feeling, a sign that I was still attached to the same world that other men lived in.
Paul Auster
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Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: February 3
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Wounds are an essential part of life, and until you are wounded in some way, you cannot become a man.
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For some reason, all my characters come to me with their names attached to them. I never have to search for the names.
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