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“Fiction that adds up, that suggests a "logical consistency," or an explanation of some kind, is surely second-rate fiction; for the truth of life is its mystery.”
― Joyce Carol Oates, The Journal of Joyce Carol Oates: 1973-1982
― Joyce Carol Oates, The Journal of Joyce Carol Oates: 1973-1982
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