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Apr 3, 2019 quotes

On Writing

”The reason I eventually became a writer is that writing makes thinking easier, and even as a verbally under developed fourteen-year-old I knew that if I wanted to understand ‘the situation,’ thinking was what I had to do.”

Barbara Ehrenreich

For the longest time, I have kept quotes in my journalling system - DayONE. I am now moving all of them into a new public space. Early days yet. Just a few as I sort out the format, but ultimately there are nearly 500 to bring in.

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