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That night as I lay in bed, I thought of several things I could have said and mourned the fact that my wit usually bloomed late, peaking when it no longer mattered, during the solitary hours close to midnight.

Siri Hustvedt

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Siri Hustvedt
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: February 19
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Northfield
Minnesota
Premio princesa de Asturias 2019
Longer
Wit
Hours
Several
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Peaking
Facts
Bed
Mourned
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Bloomed
Thought
Close
Mattered
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Midnight
Late
Solitary

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