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When you put so much effort to forget someone, the effort itself becomes a memory. Then you have to forget the forgetting, and that too is memorable.
Steve Toltz
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Steve Toltz
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: January 1
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Sydney
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...I wondered if it was blasphemous to tell God that rainbows are kitsch.
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I enjoy being influenced by other writers.
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I write fiction, there's no guarantee that what I say is truthful.
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I don't have a great respect for reality or getting the 'facts' as a means of putting together a story.
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