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Men generally do not see women as competition.

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
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Writing fiction is like remembering what never happened.
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Memory changes as a person matures.
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Depression is when you think there's nothing to be done. Fortunately I always think there's something to be done.
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Demonstration of mastery gives a feeling of power and that feeling of power is a good feeling.
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