Quotes & Questions

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—Franz Kafka, "The Diaries" (from the travel diaries, 1912)

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—Margaret Atwood, “Notes Towards a Poem that Can Never Be Written”, from Selected Poems II (1976-1986)

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from "Henry and June: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1931-1932"

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—Rainer Maria Rilke, "Lament"

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from "Mirages: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin (1939-1947)"

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Walt Whitman, from the poetry collection, "Leaves of Grass"

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—Mary Oliver, “Goldfinches”

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Colleen McCullough, "The Thorn Birds"

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—Virginia Woolf, "The Waves"

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Colleen McCullough, "The Thorn Birds"

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—May Sarton, "Der Abschied"

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—Fernando Pessoa, "The Book of Disquiet"

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from "The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 5: 1947-1955"

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—Rainer Maria Rilke, "The Prodigal Son", from The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge

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—Margaret Atwood, “CIRCE/MUD POEMS”, from Selected Poems (1965-1975)

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from "The Diary of Others: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin (1955-1966)"

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—Margaret Atwood, “Vultures”, from Selected Poems II (1976-1986)