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Autobiographical
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I promise you that if somebody had caught me by the shoulder at that moment and said to me, ‘What is your greatest wish in life, little boy? What is your absolute ambition? To be a doctor? A fine musician? A painter? A writer? Or the Lord Chancellor?’ I would have answered without hesitation that my only ambition, my hope, my longing was to have a bike like that and to go whizzing down the hill with no hands on the handlebars. It would be fabulous. It made me tremble just to think about it.
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― Boy: Tales of Childhood
― Boy: Tales of Childhood
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I have tried and I enjoy yoga. But if you tell me to try yoga, then I will have to fight you. You will win, but I might nip at your jugular with my sharp incisors first.
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― Pain Woman Takes Your Keys, and Other Essays from a Nervous System
― Pain Woman Takes Your Keys, and Other Essays from a Nervous System
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