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"Life's fairly excruciating. Painful things happen. Every now and then, you drag yourself out of the ..." — Helen Garner
Life's fairly excruciating. Painful things happen. Every now and then, you drag yourself out of the stream and stand on the bank gasping for air. I think that's how I work.
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